[mythtv-users] Could I have damaged my PVR 150 with the IVTV Drivers?

[Big Wave Dave]

On 4/25/05, Bradley Hennon <bhennon at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently bought a PVR150. I installed the IVTV Drivers and the card
> seemed to be working. Without cable or antenna hooked up i would get
> static and static noise. I could pause and rewind the static so i went
> ahead with the myth install/setup.
> 
> After a couple of reboots, i wanted to try it once more before moving
> it to where my TV is and i got 2 seconds of static then it locked up
> and after a few seconds of staring at a locked up screen, I was
> returned to a Myth error screen "There was a problem with the video
> input..."
> 
> After the error and a reboot i no longer had a "video0" in /dev/ . I
> reloaded the drivers and got video0 back but the same thing happened
> when i tested it.
> 
> I took out the card and put it in a windows XP machine and NO new
> hardware was detected and nothing in the bios or device manager.
> 
> my question is - Could i have physically damaged the card by using the
> "testing" IVTV Drivers? I dont think i have ever seen drivers damage a
> peice of hardware but is it possible?
> 
Although it may sound silly, I've heard that powering off the machine
for a couple minutes before powering on can clear up issues. 
Apparently some settings stay in the NVRAM and need a little bit to
clear out.  I've seen this proposed many times on the IVTV.

Dave

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