[mythtv-users] Ceton InfiniTV 4 and patches to support it

[Ken Truesdale]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:
> 2) Make sure your card is seated properly into the PCIe slot. Ken's
> post earlier about his card not being seated reminded me that I had a
> similar problem with mine. 


On Jul 28, 2011, at 9:40 PM, Scott Stancil wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately I've already tried all that.  I did have problems with the first PCIe slot I tried (the computer locked up randomly), but it seems stable in the second one (and this is the one where it worked that one time).  


Good to know I'm not alone on the issue of card seating problems.  For anyone else reading about Ceton cards, then:  

I'm used to cards thunking into place but the Ceton just kind of eases in.  And out.  The only thing that holds it in place is back plate clamp/screw.  I think my mobo is slightly angled away from the back panel so that when you tighten the clamp on the back plates, it pulls the cards slightly out at the far end of the connector.  For my x16 video card, not a problem because it is the normal tight fit and because with all the extra connectors, there's not as much play.  But with the short connector tab on the x1 and the looser fit, clamping the back down actually pulled the card out somewhat.  

I experienced the card not working but that may be because it was already far enough out one time.  Another time, when I went to check the tightness of the coax adapter dongle thingy, the whole system froze, apparently because that was enough to jostle the card out of place.  

I've solved it for now by bending the back plate on the Ceton card slightly so that the clamp doesn't pull the card away - there's just a gap where the card's back plate is supposed to be nearly flush with the computer chassis.  


Ken.