[mythtv-users] Hard crashes of mythtv backends

[David Brodbeck]

On Nov 6, 2007, at 9:30 AM, Norm Dugas wrote:
> I've been experiencing intermittent crashes for about 6 months on my
> FE/BE combo.  It ran for about 18 months without problems then out of
> nowhere, it started to lock up.  I've been able to determine that it
> locks up when it tries to start a recoding on my PVR-350.  What's
> causing the crashes is still a mystery since there's no extra info in
> the system logs.

I'd start by testing for bad RAM.  Also, make sure your 350 card is  
seated properly in the PCI slot and the PCI connector fingers are clean.