Support and queries relating to all previous versions of ZoneMinder
sledgehammer
Posts: 12 Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:27 pm
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by sledgehammer » Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:34 pm
I've come in to this a bit late but have you tried running xawtv on this card. Its got lots of tweaks and things to try to help diagnose the problem.
Best of luck
TrOjAn
Posts: 74 Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:03 pm
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by TrOjAn » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:10 pm
I have played with xawtv but to no avail.. same issue, looks like its a card problem.
Bloke in Hong Kong reckons he is unable to open the link.. think Im going to return the card and lose my money and the card..
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TrOjAn
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by TrOjAn » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:13 pm
Cams off for tonight.. will turn on at dawn
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TrOjAn
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by TrOjAn » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:10 am
OK, back up.. its daytime, it will be online for about next 12 hours then Im taking the card out unless someone hits the answer for me
Cheers, TrOjAn
TrOjAn
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by TrOjAn » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:20 am
Eek no its not up.. just tried upgrading to latest and now it wont start.. why is Linux so damn hard
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TrOjAn
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by TrOjAn » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:43 am
Back up.. seems the only version I can install is from the Ubuntu repos
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TrOjAn
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by TrOjAn » Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:57 pm
OK, I have now found out just what is wrong with this card.. its over heating!!
I did have heat sinks on it but the poor colour was still there.. I tried everything and as a last resort put a huge m0f0 fan on it and it was cold as the north pole and the picture was fine... removed the fan and waited about 15 minutes and sure enough, back came the colour issue.
I am going to rig up a case fan to BLOW or SUCK right next to the card and see if I can get some kind of stability out of it.. fingers crossed.
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Lee Sharp
Posts: 1069 Joined: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:18 pm
Location: Houston, TX
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by Lee Sharp » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:46 pm
Better heat sinks too... Copper with good adhesive, and as large as you can fit. I have no fan on mine, but I use good heat sinks.