[linux-dvb] Re: lockups while watching TV

[Ton van Baalen <tvbaalen@freeler.nl>]

Christoph Martin wrote:

>Christoph Martin writes:
> > Ton van Baalen writes:
> >  > Hi Martin,
> >  > 
> >  > You could have some kind of a hardware problem. I don't know what type of
> >  > DVB card you are using, but mine (a Galaxis card) was giving similar
> >  > problems because the tuner chip became too hot. It turned out that there was
> >  > a metal clip from the cover of the tuner compartment touching the chip for
> >  > cooling did not make a good contact. There was too little of the heat
> >  > transporting gel between the chip and the metal clip. When I corrected that
> >  > the problems were gone. I hope this might help you too.
> > 
> > I have a Hauppauge DVB-S 2.1. I'll have a look at it for a heat
> > problem.
>
>On a second thought: It is the DVB card which works last and the other
>processes which lock up first. So I can't believe that it should be a
>hardware/heat problem with the DV card. Please correct me if I'm
>wrong.
>
>Christoph
>

Hi Cristoph,

You might have another hardware problem, only in my case the picture was 
often still visible but I could not change the channels anymore and the 
rest of the computer locked up.

Ton






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