[mythtv-users] NVP: Timed out waiting for free video buffers
f-myth-users at media.mit.edu
f-myth-users at media.mit.edu
Fri Apr 27 04:12:58 UTC 2007
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:29:10 -0400
> From: Dan <skyhigh at rldb.net>
> I just started getting this error for some reason. My system has been
> unchanged and working fine for maybe a little less than a year. All of
> a sudden it started freezing on playback with this error. X ends up
> taking 100% of the CPU. I also read that page and followed the
> suggestions and it didn't fix anything. I didn't really expect it to
> since its been working fine for months. Could my nvidia card be worn
> out? Does anyone have any suggestions?
-If- you have truly changed nothing, I'd start by (a) cleaning all the
vents, filters, fanblades, and anything else that moves air and (b)
looking for a heatsink that fell off something. Perhaps (c) swap in
a new power supply. If none of those work, how about environmental
issues? Is it a lot hotter -outside- the case now? Voltage sags
from new loads nearby causing a marginal power supply to misbehave?
(Basically, I'm thinking "things that can cause flaky behavior due to
heat or out-of-tolerance voltages which tend to change over time".)
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