[linux-dvb] Re: lockups while watching TV

[Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>]

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.

Christoph


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