<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Derek & Cindi Cass <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cass@casscoenterprises.com">cass@casscoenterprises.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">>On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry [at] gmail> wrote: <br>
><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066">>> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christian Szpilfogel <chriszpml [at] gmail <br></span></p><div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777">>> > wrote: <br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066">>> <br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777">>>> On 03/03/2012 10:07 PM, Larry K wrote: <br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990000">>>> > I think the problem has to be either the O/S (driver) or the hardware <br>
>>> > itself. At this point I am not sure how to determine which. Should <br>>>> > I try hooking the PVR up to my windows machine and capture from there? <br>>>> > Maybe that would tell me if my Linux system is the culprit, or the <br>
>>> > hardware. <br>>>> > <br>>>> > Talk about frustrating.... <br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777">>>> I hear you. I've had issues like this in the past yet have somehow got <br>
>>> through them. <br>>>> <br>>>> You may have already tries this but I did have to replace my power <br>>>> supplies on my HD-PVRs. When the power supplies were failing it would <br>>>> cause these types of issues. Double check but I think the power supply <br>
>>> is 5V 2A. IIRC I swapped one out with a 5V 2.5A and the other with a 5V <br>>>> 2A both of which I happened to have lying around. <br>>>> <br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066">>> <br>
>> I found a 5V2A wall wart laying around, but it had the wrong size pin. I <br>>> cut and spliced from the Hauppauge power supply, and I am testing it now. <br>>> So far, so good. This might just be the problem! <br>
>> Many thanks for the suggestion! I'll probably order another power supply <br>>> that isn't cut/spliced, or ask Hauppauge if they would like to comp me one. <br>>> <br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">><br>
>Well, I spoke too soon, it seems. With the makeshift power supply, I was <br>>able to get 30 minutes into a show before the Poll Error occurred. I've <br>>tried multiple recordings, and it seems to be consistently better than it <br>
>was, but it still fails. Where it used to be 3-5 minutes before failure, <br>>it now seems to be closer to 30 minutes. Very disheartening. I thought <br>>this was the answer to my problems... <br>><br>>I should also point out that I checked my STB, and it is set to send 720P, <br>
>with 4:3 override disabled. <br>><br>><br>><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777">>>> I've also seen the hd-pvr respond badly when they get hot. <br>
>>> <br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066">>> <br>>> Yes, heard that too. Mine is near the exhaust fans in my home theater <br>>> cabinet, so I hop it stays cool enough. <br>
>> <br>>><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066">It sounds to me like you might have had 2 issues. One was the wall wart, and now you have a heat issue. Can you get the HDPVR out of your HT cabinet and see if that helps?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066"><u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For the last week, the cabinet doors have been open, providing what I think is more than adequate ventilation. It doesn't seem to be getting all that warm.... </div>
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