[mythtv-users] HD-PVR failure

[Greg]

On 12/05/2010 12:45 PM, James Orr wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org 
> <mailto:beww at beww.org>> wrote:
>
>     On Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:07:10 am James Orr wrote:
>     > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:18 AM, James Orr <james.orr7 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:james.orr7 at gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
>     > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org
>     <mailto:beww at beww.org>> wrote:
>     > >> On Saturday, December 04, 2010 08:58:18 am James Orr wrote:
>     > >> > Happened again last night, that's now 3 times in one week with
>     > >> > nothing in the preceding 6 months?  Could it be a temperature
>     > >> > thing?
>     > >> >
>     > >> >  It's a lot colder now and that's the only thing that's
>     > >> >  different.
>     > >>
>     > >> Is your HD-PVR located in unconditioned space? Is your indoor
>     > >> temperature really different now?
>     > >>
>     > >> Usually cooler temps are good for electronics, and it's a
>     *change*
>     > >> in temperature that can cause problems with chips migrating out
>     > >> of sockets, PC boards cracking and things like that.
>     > >>
>     > >> I'd be surprised if your problem is temperature related, unless
>     > >> the unit itself is exposed to extreme or repeated wide
>     > >> temperature swings.
>     > >
>     > > It is in the basement, it's not totally unheated (in fact it's
>     only
>     > > a few feet from the furnace) but it's certainly colder than the
>     > > rest of the house.
>     >
>     > It's now starting to happen pretty much all the time, and within
>     > recordings. This one failed 8 minutes into an hour long recording
>     > ...
>     >
>     > 2010-12-05 09:08:36.657 DevRdB(/dev/video0) Error: Poll giving up
>     > 2010-12-05 09:08:36.673 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Device error
>     > detected 2010-12-05 09:08:36.697 DevRdB(/dev/video0): Stop(): Not
>     > running. 2010-12-05 09:08:49.845 [h264 @ 0xb7153fa0]error while
>     > decoding MB 95 27, bytestream (-5)
>     > 2010-12-05 09:09:05.559 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: StartEncoding
>     > failed eno: Resource temporarily unavailable (11) 2010-12-05
>     > 09:09:07.569 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Warning: Unable to set audio
>     > input.
>     > 2010-12-05 09:09:17.036 RecBase(7:/dev/video0):
>     > GetKeyframePositions(894,9223372036854775807,#112) out of 120
>     >
>     > Is this more than the usual problem?  Is my HD-PVR broken?
>
>     A common problem with the HD-PVR (and the HDHR) is a bad power
>     brick. If
>     you have a spare 5 volt source at 3 amps or more of some type I'd try
>     replacing that and see if it makes a difference.
>
>     ISTR some of the very early HD-PVRs had a problem that caused them to
>     run very hot, you might also check the temperature of your unit.
>
>
> If anything it's cold, and it's not a very early HD-PVR, about 7 
> months old.
>
> I don't have a spare power brick, but that will be a lot cheaper than 
> a new HD-PVR.
>
> Will this one work, it's 2.5A? http://amzn.com/B002FA5WE2
>
> There's also this one which is 2A: http://amzn.com/B002XFFHBM but the 
> first one has amazon prime so I'd be able to get it sooner.
>
>
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If it only 7 months old then it's under warranty..Contact them and have 
them issue a RMA.. I did have a power brick (the prong pulled out) go 
bad and they replaced it no questions asked.....
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