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Ok, as a last and final attempt of figuring this card out I am asking you to look at my cameras and see if you can come up with any ideas.

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/digitalcred ... chchip.jpg card.

Please compare the streams and post anything you think may help me solve the issue

http://govnor.ath.cx:81/zm/index.php?vi ... tion=login


Thanks guys, I need your help, TrOjAn

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

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..

TrOjAn

Cams off for tonight.. will turn on at dawn

TrOjAn

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

Eek no its not up.. just tried upgrading to latest and now it wont start.. why is Linux so damn hard



TrOjAn

Back up.. seems the only version I can install is from the Ubuntu repos

TrOjAn

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.

TrOjAn

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.