[mythtv-users] Re:TV-tuner signal interference problem

Joseph H. Fry joe at thefrys.com
Mon May 5 08:41:56 EDT 2003


What ever you do... I'd stop using the board... the caps and coil are
your filters for the processor (as I'm guessing you know) and unrefined
DC can not be good for a processor.

Joe

This is just my 2 cents.. take em for what they are worth.. pretty much
nothing.

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Alexander P.
Petkov
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 1:56 PM
To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
Subject: [mythtv-users] Re:TV-tuner signal interference problem

QUOTE:
=========
If so, you should probably pursue this failure with Abit, since I'd
expect that the mobo manufacturers casre enough about their
reputations that they will scurry to make things right with the
victims of this problem (they were doing a lot of spin control at the
time the news broke). I know my son, who had a mobo with the bad-cap
problem, got a quick replacement -- not for free, but for cheap --
from their local office. At the moment, I cannot recall if his was an
Abit or not.
=========

Ray:

I am afraid the swollen caps are my own doing.  I ran the BH6 with a
slot-t adapter and people report that there is a real danger of this
happening. Well, the board is fine and works (don't know for how
long), but my poor TV-tuner doesn't like it one bit.

Also, people that pursued the motherboard replacement as you
suggested
were denied by Abit, they would only repair out of waranty mobo for
money.

Anyway, now I am looking at either trying to repair the caps and
coil,
or to replace the motherboard with one that has Tualatin support. 

Any suggestions for such a board? it seems to me that is a dead end
as
far as upgrading it in the future. On the other hand it is the most
budget-oriented solution for now.  

So, I am trying to decide if I should attempt a repair, or change the
mobo, and if I change it, with what.

Any ideas are appreciated.

Alex

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