PVR350 locks up after system standby

[ErikW]

I am running a pc that is not used except as a substitute for a harddisk recorder. I would like to have the pc go either in standby or hibernation mode when not doing recording or play back to save power.
Unfortunately it seems like the PVR350 is not being correctly initialized after standby mode. The symptoms are empty mpeg files (0 bytes). Apparently the GBPVR Recording service is running correctly and status is RECORDING 'XX', however the mpeg file is not growing and when the service stop at the end of the correct time the files is still 0 bytes. In some cases i have seen that after cancelling the recording and trying to playback then the output to the tv is typically red horisontal lines.:confused:

My thoughts are that the drivers from Hauppauge for the 350 might not be handling the standby situation correctly. I am now using the 250/350 drivers from the hauppauge support page.

? Is there anybody else that have similar experience or may have resolved it ?

I had some trouble installing the card the second time as i only have an older driver cd v. 1.8. So i only installed the drivers from the hauppauge support page. I then got all kind of problems with missing drivers. The PnP driver etc was missing. So i ran the Setup from the driver cd and since that was able to install the driver and applications without any error messages.

? Where can i find a newer version of the basis drivers like the PnP driver (hcwpnp32.dll 4.9.21311) ?

[elite]

Don't get me started on the 350 drivers (do a search!)...

It seems that some (including myself) have had no end of problems with them - lockups etc, while others have had no problems at all - the best suggestion seems to be to download the latest 3rd party from shspvr

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[ricklous]

Eric,

Welcome to the forums

Noticed your signature says you are using the tv-out on your 350. if the drivers that Elite suggest do not work, have a read of this thread, it may be that your problem is similar, and you need to set GBPVR up to restart the 350 when your pc comes out of standby/hibernate.

[ErikW]

Thanks Ricklous,

This was exactly what i had hoped for.
I will try the nice utility gbpvrwake and use the latest version of wake.cmd and devcon and report back what i find.

I might also later upgrade to the latest full versíon of the drivers found on shspvr. Also thanks to elite for the hint.

/ErikW