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

[Mailing Lists]

Stephen Kitchener wrote:

>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
>>_______________________________________________
>>mythtv-users mailing list
>>mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>    
>>
>_______________________________________________
>mythtv-users mailing list
>mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
>  
>
Could it be that you motherboard doesn't support 3.3V or the 3.3V 
support is broken?

Calvin...