> > Of course it's safe, just turn everything off, take the card out and > clean it with the alcohol. > > Another thing...What do you mean by instability?
Abnormalities in the video, and computer crashes when viewing tv. Without the card, no crashes. I have cleaned the contacts of the card (with an eraser) *and* chosen milder settings in the BIOS setup (for example, greater latency for memory) and now the card seems to work OK. I will test a little bit more. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds