[mythtv-users] PVR-350 (hard) lockups, Fixed!

Ron Johnson ron.l.johnson at cox.net
Sat Mar 12 17:35:10 UTC 2005


On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 18:14 +0100, jerome lacoste wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:46:14 -0600, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson at cox.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 17:16 -0500, Maverick wrote:
> > [snip]
> > >
> > > CPU AMD|2700 /333 ATHLON XP RTL - $107.00
> > > Newegg Item #: N82E16819103342
> > > http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-342&depa=0
> > 
> > With a PVR-350, do you need a CPU with that much horsepower?
> 
> Recording on my EPIA board uses almost no CPU. commercial flaging uses
> around 50% (niced) CPU and Live TV is aroudn 50% if I recall. So no
> need for such a beast to me. Except that you don't get the lockups...

Well, that's not very useful, is it? :(

The Athlon 2500+ "Barton" appears to be lower wattage, and is
$28 cheaper, to boot.

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