<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">jl</b> <<a href="mailto:jlambert@eml.cc">jlambert@eml.cc</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have a problem with my PVR-500 and it being incompatible with my abit<br>motherboard. Hauppauge and abit are blaming each other and neither one<br>has released firmware that fixes the problem yet.<br><br>jl<br><br>Brian Wood wrote:
<br>> Christopher Robbins wrote:<br>><br>>> According to the Power Supply Calculator here -<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.journeysystems.com/?powercalc">http://www.journeysystems.com/?powercalc</a>
<br>>><br>>> I only need around 263 watts (this assumes about 5 watts/card). I've got<br>>> a 450 watt power supply, so even if the card used 50 watts/card, I still<br>>> should be<br>>> in good shape.
<br>>><br>><br>> Pay careful attention to the second paragraph of that link. It makes<br>> some good points.<br>><br>> I love it when I see ad for something like "600 watt power supply: $12.95".
<br>><br>> You get what you pay for, and a PSU is one of the first things that<br>> system builders will skimp on.<br>><br>><br>>> I read somewhere about VIA chipsets and the PVR-500...Maybe this is part of
<br>>> the problem?<br>>><br>><br>> Possible, not as likely as a PS problem, IMHO. There were some problems<br>> that resulted in system lockups, but I think they were primarily with<br>> much older chipsets.
<br>><br>> BEWW</blockquote><div><br>A power supply replacement didn't do the trick. I tried two other (higher<br>quality power supplies) and nothing changed. At this point, I felt like<br>I was banging my head against the wall....
<br><br>I ended up finding an old Dell to throw the PVR-500 into...After some <br>finagling with software, the card worked beautifully, both alone and with<br>both cards in the box.<br><br>I'll enjoy my three tuners! Thanks for all the recommendations...
<br><br> - Chris<br></div><br></div>-- <br>Chris Robbins<br>Systems Programmer<br>Department of English - University of Arizona<br><a href="http://www.homerengineeringcorp.net">http://www.homerengineeringcorp.net</a>