> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:09:08 +0200 (CEST)
> From: "Hans Verkuil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I'm seeing this as well. In fact, I'm seeing two problems that seem to
> > develop over time. From what I've seen, first I lose color. After
> > several hours (maybe a day or so...I'm not sure), I start getting
> > nothing but B&W video with a little red ghosting on the left edge. Then
> > after a while longer (days?) I lose sound. I'm using a PVR-500 (ivtv2
> > and ivtv3) for this. I noticed the color problem on both devices, but
> > the muting seemed to be a problem only on ivtv3. I rebooted and got my
> > color and sound back.
> >
> > Because this takes so long to develop, I don't have well established
> > pattern yet, but since this problem was reported, I thought I should go
> > ahead and tell you about the color loss issue if related.
> Could this be a cooling problem? Especially since it develops over time.
I'd be suspicious of cooling myself. I had a bad PVR-250 which
abruptly went from color to monochrome on its tuner input (don't
recall if I tried others) after it had run for 15 minutes or so.
Rebooting immediately stayed B&W; turning off the machine for a
while restored color, and the length of restoration varied depending
on how long I'd left the machine off. None of my others did this.
Hauppauge was happy to RMA the card for a new one as soon as I told
them the problem, even though the original was 2+ years old and from
some random source like eBay.
So I'd suggest that you try forcing the issue, say by directing a
hairdryer or heatgun on low at the card, to see if it fails faster,
or by putting a fan blowing directly on it to see if you can keep it
from failing at all. (This assumes the room it's in is a relatively
constant temperature.) Try not to melt anything with the hairdryer...
Whoops---and I'd -just- finished writing that when I noticed
"I rebooted and got my color and sound back." Was the machine
powered off at any time, or did you just type "reboot" as root?
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