1.5.36 and blue screen.

[Reddwarf]

sometimes bad ram will give you random problems all over the place, and other times you'll get very specific errors that you might never guess were memory related. I once had a client who was getting garbled output from his printer, and only on the one printer attached to his machine - he could print to other printers on the network just fine. everything else on the pc was fine - no crashes or other weirdness. so naturally I spent quite some time updating/uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, replaced the printer cable, finally had him buy a new printer, and the problem kept coming back. finally while messing with the drivers on the new printer, I got a weird error from the installer that indicated data corruption, so I ran memtest86+. the first few simple tests completed no problem, then finally one of the walking-bit tests turned up the errors.

Exactly. It just might be a case of timing related memory error, or spesific patterns failing.

[jki]

As I said:

Now have ram swapped across, and to another bank, took another pair from this computer. Still same memory error.

"this computer" is other pc, not the target computer.

[johnsonx42]

Now have ram swapped across, and to another bank, took another pair from this computer. Still same memory error.

'twas worth a try. I'm not sure what else to suggest, other than to keep looking for other drivers. Stuff like this is why it's always best to use Hauppauge devices - sub has those devices in his box-o-goodies, and has contacts at Hauppauge.

[jki]

Problem is, kind of, solved. I swapped tuners, Winfast from here to problem pc and A-link from there to this pc. Now I have both Npvr's working. Odd.

[Reddwarf]

Problem is, kind of, solved. I swapped tuners, Winfast from here to problem pc and A-link from there to this pc. Now I have both Npvr's working. Odd.

I'v seen other examples of this sevral times over many years, some plug-in cards is simply not compatible with all motherboards.

[jki]

I'v seen other examples of this sevral times over many years, some plug-in cards is simply not compatible with all motherboards.

This was only related just last Npvr version, previous ones worked as they should. That why odd...

[meshback]

Having same problem, will get the 'Recording service unavailable' in Live TV then NPVR will crash soon after. Previous version worked fine, just started when I upgraded to 1.5.36. Running on Windows 7 with a Hauppauge 1600 and a Hauppage 150. Anyone else having this issue?

[sub]

Having same problem, will get the 'Recording service unavailable' in Live TV then NPVR will crash soon after. Previous version worked fine, just started when I upgraded to 1.5.36. Running on Windows 7 with a Hauppauge 1600 and a Hauppage 150. Anyone else having this issue?

There is a patch in the sticky thread to address this problem with analog hardware encoder devices (like your HVR1600 and PVR150)

[meshback]

There is a patch in the sticky thread to address this problem with analog hardware encoder devices (like your HVR1600 and PVR150)

Thanks for the reply. I actually found out that it was the PVR150 causing my problem. I had also upgraded my memory right after I upgraded to 1.5.36. Apparently the 150 can't handle over 4gb. Guess it's time to upgrade!