[mythtv-users] Problems with PVR-500 - Massive instability?

jl jlambert at eml.cc
Wed Jul 11 15:51:16 UTC 2007


I have a problem with my PVR-500 and it being incompatible with my abit 
motherboard.  Hauppauge and abit are blaming each other and neither one 
has released firmware that fixes the problem yet.

jl

Brian Wood wrote:
> Christopher Robbins wrote:
>   
>> According to the Power Supply Calculator here -
>>
>> http://www.journeysystems.com/?powercalc
>>
>> I only need around 263 watts (this assumes about 5 watts/card).  I've got
>> a 450 watt power supply, so even if the card used 50 watts/card, I still
>> should be
>> in good shape. 
>>     
>
> Pay careful attention to the second paragraph of that link. It makes
> some good points.
>
> I love it when I see ad for something like "600 watt power supply: $12.95".
>
> You get what you pay for, and a PSU is one of the first things that
> system builders will skimp on.
>
>   
>> I read somewhere about VIA chipsets and the PVR-500...Maybe this is part of
>> the problem?
>>     
>
> Possible, not as likely as a PS problem, IMHO. There were some problems
> that resulted in system lockups, but I think they were primarily with
> much older chipsets.
>
> BEWW
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