[mythtv-users] Please help! My mythbackend started to crash sporadically

Andrew Junev a-j at a-j.ru
Wed Jul 2 16:12:52 UTC 2008


Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 6:44:13 PM, you wrote:



> Andrew Junev wrote:
>> Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 8:10:28 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>   
>>>> Is there some
>>>> other way to make sure it's a hardware issue (if it is)?
>>>>
>>>>       
>>
>>
>>   
>>> Remove any unrequired hardware.  Drop all but one capture card, use
>>> just one stick of RAM, replace with a spare PSU if you have one and
>>> stuff like that.  Only do one change at once of course.
>>>     
>>
>>   
>>> That is how I would go about it, but I am not an expert :)
>>>     
>>
>> I would say this could be a way if there are no other options.
>>
>> But... Isn't there some more intelligent way of tracking a problem? :)
>>
>>
>> P.S. And I'm still not sure it's a hardware issue.
>>
>>
>>   
> This is how the computer guy I use does it and he is very good.  If you
> have bad hardware, you need to remove it.  I don't think there is a 
> better way.

> Allen

Yes, that's generally a working approach that can be used in case the
diagnostics is quite complicated or not possible at all.
Is this the case now?

We're not even sure if it's a hardware or a software problem...


-- 
Best regards,
 Andrew




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