[mythtv-users] Frontend dies ~15 minutes into recording, 1st try only

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jul 30 18:59:44 UTC 2008


On 07/30/2008 02:56 PM, Mark J. Small wrote:
> My frontend (P3 733, fanless heatsink, 384MB, Debian Stable, debian-multimedia 
> debs, root over NFS, TV out with NVidia Geforce4MX 4400 SVideo) has started 
> acting a little funny lately.  If I  turn it on and start watching a 
> recording, it locks solidly after about 15 minutes.  If I reboot the computer 
> (using the power switch), it works great for hours.
>
> Does anybody have an idea why this would happen?
> Anyone see anything similar?

Heat?  Failing hardware?  After all, the P3 and P3-era MB/RAM/... was 
from 1960 or so, right?

Mike


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