[mythtv-users] Master back end without tuners, or Xen or ....

[Mike Perkins]

On 17/02/12 13:42, Gareth Glaccum wrote:
>
> Since having to replace the master backend I have had issues with the
> USB-DVB modules failing, and locking out the backend process, specifically
> when there is high IO load going on. I think that the motherboard might not
> handle high IO well (it is an Intel CPU).
> Once the MBE dies/deadlocks, then no more recordings happen, even on the
> working SBE.
>
Before you go and spend the GDP of Greece upgrading, it might be worth checking 
a few things.

I seem to remember something funky when using USB tuners. Is it that they each 
have to be plugged into a separate host port? Try ensuring that each tuner isn't 
plugged into the same host hub and any other, if that is possible. Modern 
motherboards have loads of USB interfaces these days, it's easy to forget that 
two adjacent sockets on the back panel may be connected to the same on-board hub.

(Alternatively, your USB tuners may have been trashed when your PSU blew. Part 
failure, part functioning is a possibility.)

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Mike Perkins