[mythtv-users] Has MythTV bricked my HD-PVR?

Larry K lunchtimelarry at gmail.com
Tue Mar 6 00:26:39 UTC 2012


On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Derek & Cindi Cass
> > <cass at casscoenterprises.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry [at] gmail>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christian Szpilfogel <chriszpml [at]
> >> >> gmail
> >>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> On 03/03/2012 10:07 PM, Larry K wrote:
> >> >>> > I think the problem has to be either the O/S (driver) or the
> >> >>> > hardware
> >> >>> > itself. At this point I am not sure how to determine which. Should
> >> >>> > I try hooking the PVR up to my windows machine and capture from
> >> >>> > there?
> >> >>> > Maybe that would tell me if my Linux system is the culprit, or the
> >> >>> > hardware.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Talk about frustrating....
> >> >>> I hear you. I've had issues like this in the past yet have somehow
> got
> >> >>> through them.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> You may have already tries this but I did have to replace my power
> >> >>> supplies on my HD-PVRs. When the power supplies were failing it
> would
> >> >>> cause these types of issues. Double check but I think the power
> supply
> >> >>> is 5V 2A. IIRC I swapped one out with a 5V 2.5A and the other with a
> >> >>> 5V
> >> >>> 2A both of which I happened to have lying around.
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> I found a 5V2A wall wart laying around, but it had the wrong size
> pin.
> >> >> I
> >> >> cut and spliced from the Hauppauge power supply, and I am testing it
> >> >> now.
> >> >> So far, so good. This might just be the problem!
> >> >> Many thanks for the suggestion! I'll probably order another power
> >> >> supply
> >> >> that isn't cut/spliced, or ask Hauppauge if they would like to comp
> me
> >> >> one.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Well, I spoke too soon, it seems. With the makeshift power supply, I
> was
> >> >able to get 30 minutes into a show before the Poll Error occurred. I've
> >> >tried multiple recordings, and it seems to be consistently better than
> it
> >> >was, but it still fails. Where it used to be 3-5 minutes before
> failure,
> >> >it now seems to be closer to 30 minutes. Very disheartening. I thought
> >> >this was the answer to my problems...
> >> >
> >> >I should also point out that I checked my STB, and it is set to send
> >> > 720P,
> >> >with 4:3 override disabled.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>> I've also seen the hd-pvr respond badly when they get hot.
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, heard that too. Mine is near the exhaust fans in my home theater
> >> >> cabinet, so I hop it stays cool enough.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It sounds to me like you might have had 2 issues.  One was the wall
> wart,
> >> and now you have a heat issue.  Can you get the HDPVR out of your HT
> cabinet
> >> and see if that helps?
> >
> >
> > For the last week, the cabinet doors have been open, providing what I
> think
> > is more than adequate ventilation.  It doesn't seem to be getting all
> that
> > warm....
> >
>
> I know you said you replaced the USB cable, but initially with my
> HDPVRs, I ran into the same problem while trying to be greedy with a
> cable just a tad longer than USB spec.   Once I moved the hdpvr closer
> to the computer and got longer component cables versus longer USB, the
> issue went away.
>

All of my cables are reasonably short.  Nothing over 6-ft.


> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/attachments/20120305/3997f13f/attachment.html 


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list