Strange old problem.

[seymoria]

I have an old desktop with 2 tv cards am using since 2 years. Compro Videomate (without hardware encoder). Hauppauge PVR500MCE.

Hauppauge returns poor unviewable snowy pictures and doesnt tune all the channels. Compro works perfectly fine. I assumed the problem was with the card.

After my recent purchase of 10 hauppauge PVR150s, I also purchased another desktop, exactly same specs & O/s.

The PVR150s are working fine in the new desktop. I have successfully commissioned 4 tuners for simultaneous recordings.

I then replaced my PVR 500 with a new PVR 150 in the old desktop. Strangely, it behaved in the same way.

This is very surprising because for a long time I thought the problem was with my card. It worked fine for a brief period after I purchased it more than 2 years go before it went bad. Also changed my O/s to WinXP MCE but without success.

Have also discussed this problem in an earlier thread which may give more clues. http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=40179. (Includes some other topics not related to this problem).

Regards.
Amer

[SIZE="1"][SIZE="2"]Specs of my two desktops : Dell Optiplex GX270 2.4 GHz 1&0.5 GB RAM. O/s is WinXP SP2.[/SIZE][/SIZE]

[Reddwarf]

Have you tried moving the PVR500 to the new desktop?

[seymoria]

No, i didnt. But the new PVR150 working fine in the new computer was tested in the old computer and is giving same problem. So, it my guess that problem is not with card but with something else. Both the computers are exactly identical, with same O/s & hardware.