[Wolves] tv card

[Mo Awkati]

Hi David
 
Right, have a go with the built-in graphics. If you let me know where to get the drivers from I'll download them for you and send them on a disc to your home address.
 
Were the BBC channels the only ones you can't get?? Do you get all the channels ok on your normal TV?
What is your PC spec?
 
Thanks for the offer of the Linux Cd's etc. My PC is a bit on the slow side and beginning to show signs of old age. Its funny, I have built or upgraded numerous PCs for friends relatives and clients, but mine is still chugging at 333 MHz, with the motherboard beginning to do things unnatural like whistling!! I want to add a DVD, and a TV card (!) but my base doesn't have enough bays. So therefore I said to the family I don't want socks and shower gel this Xmas. You see I am not a twenty year old, in fact you can double it easily, so people think that I should have jumpers and socks!!!
 
 
Mo    

david <nux at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
OK

The card is in the lowest pci slot possible. I installed it into that 
one from the outset.
The graphics card which is in the agp slot has a curious fan 
arrangement. The original fan that came with the card soon
went pear shaped and started sounding like there was a bag of broken 
marbles in it. The noise was so bad that in the end the pc was unusable 
so i ripped the fan off and swapped it for an old k6-2 cpu fan which is 
(shudder) held in place by one screw and is helf flush to the grfx card 
with a small plastic tub which is the perfect size etc (it's too big to 
be held in place properly) and is running off a spare drive power line. 
This fan is only a couple of inches above the tv card.
If this rings alrm bells, let me know. (rofl)

Most recent drivers..OUCH 55mb on a dial up modem. Will do that tonight 
mebbe.

in the meantime i will try with the grfx card removed and go back to the 
built in one

nux


Mo Awkati wrote:

> Hi David
> 
> I am new to Wolves LUG. In fact I still haven't managed to get Linux 
> on my pc. I am hoping that Xmas presents will be cash so I can upgrade 
> my pc and install Linux. I did try the SuSe Live CD that came with 
> Linux Format and I am impressed with it. So soon it will be goodbye MS.
> 
> Anyway, back to your TV card. I know a little bit about PCs and 
> electronics, you might say a hobby, and I had to do the same for a 
> client recently though on Win XP, so I'll try and help you. If it is 
> just BBC channels that your are not getting then it is an aerial and 
> signal issue, if it is the same with all the others then try the 
> following:
> 
> 1. make sure the card is slotted in the furthest PCI slot from the 
> graphics card this will also make sure it is away from the PSU.
> 2. make sure it is away from any cooling fans-step 1 usually does this 
> but if your case is moded there might be a fan close by
> 3. Make sure the drivers are the most up to date
> 
> Let me know how you get on before we try other things connected with 
> your aerial and signal
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mo
> 
>
>
> */david /* wrote:
>
> Hiya All
>
> Have just installed a tv card and am having serious woes trying to
> get a
> result out of it.
> The problem is the reception.
> A standard tv top antenna wont find any stations at all.
> Thinking that the house antenna (standard roof space mounted) would
> solve it i plugged that in but only managed to get liney crap
> pictures
> and no sound. (we have just got the free view box and cannot get
> bbc1/2
> without chronic blocky pictures, drop outs and scrambled images, all
> other stations are 100% fine) Antenna in roof may be misaligned????
> One site i found on the net suggested an indoor tv antenna with
> signal
> booster.
> Any one got any experience in this area???
>
> cheers
>
> nux
>
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