[mythtv-users] Slightly OT - PC won't boot or POST with AverMedia capture card

[John Johnson]

I wouldn't recommend using acetone on anything. Use a high quality  
alcohol (90+ %).
Acetone is just to wicked to use on things like this. A drip in the  
wrong place could render something worthless.

Regards,
   JJ

On 16-Jan-2005, at 21:29, Robert Denier wrote:

> I haven't had your specific problem, but here is more of a general  
> approach I might take.  Check after each step.  (Insert universal  
> disclaimer here.)
>
> 1) Is your power supply adequate?  Somehow I doubt thats the issue,  
> but it might be worth a look.
>
> 2) Are the contacts dirty?  A soft pencil eraser can sometimes be used  
> to clean them but make sure not to leave any of the crums on the  
> contacts.  Alternatively a q-tip dipped in isopropyl alcohol  or  
> acetone should work as well.  Acetone is probably slightly preferable.  
>  I don't think it leaves any kind of residue, but perhaps someone can  
> check me on that.  You may want to clean all the cards you test with  
> in case it is some kind of wierd interference.
>
> 2) Reset to bios defaults.  Make sure your settings are very  
> conservative.
>
> 3) Look to see if there is a bios update that might fix the problem.   
> Look both for updates to the motherboard and to the capture card.
>
> 4) Try with a different video card.  You said you suspected that.  I  
> recommend very simple cards for testing.  Of course if your kernel is  
> setup to allow you to have a console on a serial port, a video card  
> might not be needed.  Still thats a bit of a pain, and it really  
> doesn't solve the problem.
>
> 5) Take everything out of your system that is not essential for boot  
> up and try it.
> 6) Is your hard drive still connected or any drives?  Keep  
> disconnecting them.  Also take out all but one memory chip.  Yes its  
> unlikely to help but sometimes you want to truly get to the basics.
>
> 7) Try underclocking the system if you can.  By underclocking I mean  
> try to bring the pci bus below the 33Mhz that I think is the default.   
> Most are linked to the normal fsb so if you change that the others  
> follow.
>
> 8) If it still doesn't work after trying all that, well you've just  
> spent hours trying to get a low cost capture card to work, you may  
> want to consider buying a different card ;)
>
> -Robert
>
>
>
> Phill Edwards wrote:
>
>> I have an AverMedia TVPhone 98 capture card which works (I've tried it
>> an a Windows PC) but won't boot when I put it in my MythTV box. The PC
>> won't even do a BIOS POST when I put this card in any of the PCI
>> slots.
>>
>> I have a feeling that it doesn't like the nVidia GeForce4 MX440 video
>> card that's in there.
>>
>> Has anyone else had this problem and know what I can do to make it  
>> work?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Phill
>>
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