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

jr jraymyth at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 00:02:36 UTC 2009


On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 6:49 PM, ryan patterson <ryan.goat at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Michael Heironimus <mkh01 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Sending incompatible timing rates to a monitor or overclocking a
> videocard/CPU both cause damage because of USER ERROR.  You break the
> product because you try and use it outside the manufacturers
> guarantied working range.
>
> In the VDPAU case we are talking about using a product as the
> manufacturer intended with manufacturer approved and provided drivers.
>  This is completely different from what is being discussed.
>
> Again I'm not saying it didn't happen.  But I don't see how it is possible.
>
>
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 The reason that we don't break monitors any more is becuase someone
saw the flaw and placed a safegard to protect against it. Speaking of
magical pokes, I seem to remember being able to blow a fuse (a real
physical replaceable fuse) on my VIC-20 by poking some address as
well.    Its the same situation.  Untill a safegard is put in place,
its breakable.


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