[mythtv-users] VDPAU blows up video card, film at 11

[Brian Wood]

On Sunday 18 January 2009 13:14:31 jr wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Michael Heironimus <mkh01 at earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:47:14AM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> >> On Sunday 18 January 2009 06:09:09 ryan patterson wrote:
> >> > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> >> > > Robert McNamara <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> says:
> >> > >> [A]t least one Myth dev (who knows quite a bit moer about myth than
> >> > >> the average user) has a permanently *physically damaged* card as a
> >> > >> result of testing VDPAU.
> >> > >
> >> > > !!! Tell us more.
> >> >
> >> > Yes please explain how that is possible.  I don't want to call you a
> >> > lier, but it is inconceivable for software to "physically damage" a
> >> > hardware device (corupting firmware or overclocked hardware situations
> >> > both don't apply).
> >>
> >> Perhaps the video card got tossed across the room?
> >>
> >> I have certainly felt like doing that on occasion.
> >>
> >> Monitors used to get blown up by driving them beyond their capabilities.
> >> The only way I can think of to damage a card would be by over-heating
> >> somehow.
> >
> > I don't know what particular capabilities VDPAU uses or exposes, but
> > just as an example modern video cards are often overclockable through
> > software and can be damaged in the same way as CPUs. I suspect that heat
> > damage (which is cumulative) often is one of the main factors in
> > overclock-related failures, though.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Heironimus
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> I seem to remember destroying my new big screen NEC 17" MultiSync flat
> tube monitor by setting the wrong refresh rate the first time I ever
> set up Xwindows.  It was 12+ years ago, but every time I drive by the
> land fill I shed a tear. *sniff*


What? You put a CRT into a landfill?

This is a big no-no in most places, but I suppose that long ago you could get 
away with it.


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