Further to my posting last week (which garnered no replies :-{) about
my pair of 250s which have just the past week or two started playing at
such games as one card ceasing to send data, and occasionally locking
up the machine entirely, here's a log dump of my messages file from the
crash point; is this enough data, or do I need to turn the level up
further to be of help?

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Dec 18 18:30:02 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 
contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
Dec 18 18:30:02 potato last message repeated 3 times
Dec 18 18:30:02 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output
Dec 18 18:30:02 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 
contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
Dec 18 18:30:02 potato last message repeated 3 times
Dec 18 18:30:02 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output
Dec 18 18:30:02 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output
Dec 18 18:30:02 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 
contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato last message repeated 3 times
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder set size
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 
contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato last message repeated 3 times
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder set size
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output
Dec 18 18:30:03 potato kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x00166adc:0x179d0000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x0015cadc:0x179e0000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x000fb2dc:0x17a64000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x000ff2dc:0x17a60000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x00166adc:0x179d0000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x0015cadc:0x179e0000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x000fb2dc:0x17a64000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x000ff2dc:0x17a60000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:32:20 potato kernel: ivtv: Checking FW at 1049099 jiffies
Dec 18 18:34:05 potato kernel: ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:728: invalid 
via82xx_cur_ptr, using last valid pointer
Dec 18 18:34:05 potato last message repeated 23 times
Dec 18 18:35:35 potato last message repeated 15 times
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: Checking FW at 1257428 jiffies
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 1
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000011 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: IRQ: IVTV_IRQ_DEC_DMA_ERR intr 2
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0028 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001702dc:0x17908000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001742dc:0x17904000:0x00004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001782dc:0x17900000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x001502dc:0x17970000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x000fbadc:0x17a4c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0x00157adc:0x1787c000:0x80004000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xb013c420:0xca20e0c0:0x06a61a08
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel:  0xe8001901:0x42496410:0x50802000
Dec 18 18:35:48 potato kernel: ivtv: Checking FW at 1257448 jiffies
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel: ivtv: ENC: REG_DMAXFER wait failed
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0094 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel:  0x17a4c000:0x80004000:0x00157adc
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel:  0x1787c000:0x80004000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:51 potato last message repeated 4 times
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel: ivtv: ENC: REG_DMASTATUS2 wait failed
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA Registers State: xfer: 0x00000002, 
state: 0x00000001 dec_addr: 0x00000000 enc_addr: 0x17ad0094 control: 0x00000003
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA DEC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel: ivtv: DMA ENC Buffers:
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel:  0x17a4c000:0x80004000:0x00157adc
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel:  0x1787c000:0x80004000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato kernel:  0x00000000:0x00000000:0x00000000
Dec 18 18:35:54 potato last message repeated 4 times
================

It actually got all the way to 5 minutes on that card, and the other card
was still running.  I had been running 100z quite successfully, and after
the problems started, I tried upgrading to rc3b, without any help.

My temps were 50 and 42 (yes, that's high for a mb temp, I know), and
they are now (after the addition of a fan blowing over the cards
themselves out through open holes in the card cage) 49.5 and 34.5, which
are a little better, but not stunning.

Could this be an overtemp chipset?  It has a heatsink, but no direct fan.  

This Coolermaster case seems to have a fairly weak PS exhaust fan, as
well; it doesn't impress me all that much for a case named what it is...

Any assistance greatly appreciated...

Cheers,
-- jra
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