[mythtv-users] Busted pcHDTV HD-5500

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Larry Sanderson wrote:

> After over 2 years of flawless execution, one of my two HD-5500  
> cards died.  I
> tried the bad card in isolation on all my PCI slots, but the OS  
> never saw it.
> I don't get any errors in my log files; it's just like there was no  
> card in the
> slot.

Are you sure the card is dead and it isn't a software problem? How did  
you check to see if the card was being recognized? A kernel update  
might have rendered your card unrecognized by the OS, but the BIOS  
would still see it there. Did you try a different machine?