<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Greg Oliver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oliver.greg@gmail.com">oliver.greg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Larry K <<a href="mailto:lunchtimelarry@gmail.com">lunchtimelarry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Derek & Cindi Cass<br>
> <<a href="mailto:cass@casscoenterprises.com">cass@casscoenterprises.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> >On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry [at] gmail><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christian Szpilfogel <chriszpml [at]<br>
>> >> gmail<br>
>><br>
>> >> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >>> On 03/03/2012 10:07 PM, Larry K wrote:<br>
>> >>> > I think the problem has to be either the O/S (driver) or the<br>
>> >>> > 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<br>
>> >>> > there?<br>
>> >>> > Maybe that would tell me if my Linux system is the culprit, or the<br>
>> >>> > hardware.<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > Talk about frustrating....<br>
>> >>> 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<br>
>> >>> 5V<br>
>> >>> 2A both of which I happened to have lying around.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I found a 5V2A wall wart laying around, but it had the wrong size pin.<br>
>> >> I<br>
>> >> cut and spliced from the Hauppauge power supply, and I am testing it<br>
>> >> now.<br>
>> >> So far, so good. This might just be the problem!<br>
>> >> Many thanks for the suggestion! I'll probably order another power<br>
>> >> supply<br>
>> >> that isn't cut/spliced, or ask Hauppauge if they would like to comp me<br>
>> >> one.<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><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<br>
>> > 720P,<br>
>> >with 4:3 override disabled.<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> >>> I've also seen the hd-pvr respond badly when they get hot.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >><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>
>> >><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> It sounds to me like you might have had 2 issues. One was the wall wart,<br>
>> and now you have a heat issue. Can you get the HDPVR out of your HT cabinet<br>
>> and see if that helps?<br>
><br>
><br>
> For the last week, the cabinet doors have been open, providing what I think<br>
> is more than adequate ventilation. It doesn't seem to be getting all that<br>
> warm....<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>I know you said you replaced the USB cable, but initially with my<br>
HDPVRs, I ran into the same problem while trying to be greedy with a<br>
cable just a tad longer than USB spec. Once I moved the hdpvr closer<br>
to the computer and got longer component cables versus longer USB, the<br>
issue went away.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>All of my cables are reasonably short. Nothing over 6-ft.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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