2009-10-14, 01:16 PM
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]
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]