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

[Mark J. Small]

On July 30, 2008, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 03:56:11PM -0300, Mark J. Small wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > 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?
>
> I would suspect an overheating problem; the CPU, the motherboard
> bridge chips, and the video card processor would be the places
> to look.
>
> -dsr-

Heat doesn't seem likely since it works perfectly for many hours after a 
reboot performing the same tasks.  OTOH perhaps I should write a script to 
log CPU temperatures.

Mark