[mythtv-users] Asus A7V8X-X and Hauppague 500 PVR compatablilty - just looking for a possible answer

[Stephen Kitchener]

On Tuesday 07 Feb 2006 05:54, Mike wrote:
> Stephen Kitchener wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I have just returned my 3rd Hauppauge 500 MCE Card, they all had the same
> > fault, one (The same tuner on each), not working at all.
> >
> > A thought has occurred, could it be that the motherboard is itself making
> > the PVR card non-functional, ie the act of actually using the card in the
> > mobo, kills one tuner, I guess that this is a really remote possibility
> > but I thought that I would ask the question, especially if there are
> > users on mythtv using the same motherboard/PVR card combination.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> How hot is the 500 getting?
>
> I havn't used that board specifically, but I've tried to use 2 KT333's
> and KT133 based board with a 500 before. If they act anything like all 3
> of the boards I physically dealt with, I'd say your KT400 is cooking
> that 500 for you.

Hmmm,  

Ok, I install the board, switch the machine on, and immediately do my tests, 
all within 2-3 minuets of switching the PC on, so unless it gets hot really 
quickly, I don't think that is the cause...

>
> In my case, I started with the 500 on a AMD761 based board so I knew
> about how hot it should get under normal use which is literally almost
> no noticeable heat coming off it. When I first tried the 333 I knew
> straight away that something was really wrong not only because it was
> rebooting all the time, but because the cards were literally cooking in
> there! (and not just the 500, the 350 and the HD-3000 too!) To me it
> felt like I had my hand next to a badly cooled processor and the tuner
> enclosures were uncomfortable to touch they were so hot. Not like it was
> melting but hot enough that the green boards were pretty warm too. I
> just walked over and touched my tuners right now and they are just
> slightly warm to the touch and the boards they are on are unnoticeable
> after recording for 53 mins now.
>
> So I don't know if that is the same problem your having but I thought
> I'd share.
>
> Good luck!
> -Mike
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