If it really is heat related a simple test can be done: aim a fan at it...
If the problem is the power brick, a fan of course won't help. -Mike On Sat, 16 Mar 2019, Diego Rivera wrote: > No, but thanks for the info!! The devices (yes, it's two of them ☺) do seem > to run a little hot so > that may be a factor here on why they're hanging. I'll also look into getting > them a decent power > supply. > Cheers! > > On Sat, 2019-03-16 at 16:48 +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 4:06 PM Diego Rivera <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Every so often one of the devices ceases to function and just "dies". > > It has been a long long time since I touched one ofthose, but I would > > always look at the root > > causesof the hangs first..... > > The two most common issues with the HVR-1950that I ran into is that it can > > overheat (and hang)and > > the power supply can be going bad (and thedevice hangs). > > For the first, I found avoiding stacking them (whichI had been doing) was > > sufficient to avoid > > overheating(although your location may vary and you may needactive > > airflow), and for the second, I > > replaced thepower adapter. FWIW, I don't think any of thepower adapters > > that I ever got from > > Hauppaugewere of good quality, and I usually just replaced thempro-actively > > with a high quality > > switching supply(at the time I had a local source of delta brandedoem > > switching supplies that were > > dirt cheap andnew in box). Note that you typically can't just usea VOM on > > the adapter to test, > > you have to put theadapter under load and look at the ripple. Usuallyjust > > easier to replace the > > power supply. > > And none of this was actually in response tothe question you > > asked..._______________________________________________pvrusb2 mailing > > [email protected] > > http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2 > -- Mike Isely isely @ isely (dot) net PGP: 03 54 43 4D 75 E5 CC 92 71 16 01 E2 B5 F5 C1 E8 _______________________________________________ pvrusb2 mailing list [email protected] http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2
