[mythtv-users] USB troubles - Options

[covert covert]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:21 AM, covert covert <thecovert at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Gary Dawes <gary.dawes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2008/10/2 Lindsay Mathieson <lindsay.mathieson at optusnet.com.au>
>>>
>>> covert covert wrote:
>>> > Also can I just swap over motherboards without having to do a
>>> > re-install ? I am running Mythbuntu on a AMD64.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I've done that in the past - complete MB and CPU swap.  Kubuntu booted
>>> up without missing a beat, don't think I needed to change anything.
>>>
>> I managed that from a nforce2 board with an athlon xp 2000, to a dualcore
>> amd 64, and knoppmyth picked everything up without breaking sweat.
>> Unfortunately for me the new board (Gigabyte MA770-S3) has a SB600 chipset
>> which also has buggered USB onboard, so I can only record from one usb tuner
>> at a time (I have three!). Anymore that that and the system goes down faster
>> than a brick down a liftshaft - got my eye on a Hauppauge nova-500T as the
>> solution.
>>
>> Gaz
>>
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>
> Great response everyone. I only have a PCIe-1 slot free, I could get a
> USB card for that slot but I am convinced it is a SB700/USB problem.
> There is not definitive answer but after reading 100's of pages on
> similar problems, the ones solved where with a new USB controller.
>
> What SB chipset should I be looking for ? nforce430 ? VIA..
>

Today I installed 2.6.27-4-generic from the intrepid repository in the
hope to solve the problem. Unfortunately without success. I am now
convinced the problem is with the SB600 southbridge the on
GA.-MA78GM-S2H 780G motherboard.

I have found a bug on launchpad that looks like it is one of the same.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/256492/