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Dennis · Guest

Windows XP Media Center 2005
NVIDA DVD Decoder

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 dual tuner
PNY NVIDA Vetro Geforce FX 5700 VE video card
ABIT KV7 mother board with onboard sound
1 GB of memory
AMD 2600 Athlon Processor

When I start Live TV it will run from a few seconds to a few minutes with a
one time maximum run of about 30 minutes and then everything freezes.
Nothing responds on the computer and it must be powered down and restarted.
The FM radio function will run for less than 30 minutes too and then the
system freezes. Using the DVD movie play back function played back an entire
movie OK. I have all the latest drivers and software updates installed as of
November 4, 2005 including NVIDA DVD Decoder, TV tuner driver, video card
driver, mother board BIOS, Windows XP and Media Center updates.

Any help on which way to look would be appreciated.

Thanks
Dennis

Jason Tsang · Guest

What version of the NVidia Purevideo decoder do you have?

Newest version released on Nov 4, 2005
http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder_1.02-185-trial.html
Release Notes

* Compatibility Fixes for Windows Media Center 2005 Update Rollup 2
* This decoder is optimized to work best with ForceWare Release 80
v81.85 or higher drivers
* Fixed HD MPEG-2 video playback corruption issues on GeForce 6200
with TurboCacheT passively cooled GPUs
* Improved fallback modes for inverse telecine in GeForce GPUs with
low memory and with TurboCache
* Other compatibility fixes, click here to view the User's Guide

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Dennis · Guest

Hi Jason

Thanks for the quick response and good suggestion

I just checked and I had PureVideo version 1.02-150. I have uninstalled the
old version and installed version 1.02-185. Retested and Live TV, it ran a
couple of minutes then froze the entire computer as before. Is there any
test I could run to help us identify the problem area or what would you
suggest next?

Thanks again

Dennis
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"Jason Tsang" wrote:

Richard Miller · Guest

It sound like the TV card could be over heating, pull case off blow room fan
onto the tv card see if stops freezing.

Dennis · Guest

Hello Richard

Good suggestion but the covers are off the case and all the fans are clean
and running and it's only 67 degrees in the room. I have also had the TV
card running in differnent slots with nothing around it.

Thanks

Dennis

"Richard Miller" wrote:

Jason Tsang · Guest

..NET Framework 2.0 does NOT replace .NET Framework 1.1.

You still need .net Framework 1.1 and .net Framework 1.1 SP1 to use MCE2005
with UR2.

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JW · Guest

Yes you certainly should be sure that you have latest MCE drivers for your
Tuner card and here are few other iteas.

You may be suffering from the RU2 .NET 1.1 problem so I suggest that you
downlaod and install the recently relased.NET2 from the following link.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en

Are you also running NVIDIA driver 77.79 or better 81.85?

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Richard Miller · Guest

Blow air a cross that TV card see what happens.

"Dennis" wrote:

Richard Miller · Guest

Dennis if cooling the does not help, see if there is a update for the TV card.

Dennis · Guest

Hello Gary

Thanks

After posting my question the first part of your UR2 answer occurred to me
as I was looking at more of the posting.

I had my system freeze up problem before installing Rollup 2. After
installing Rollup 2, things worked the same, no better or worse but
consistently locking up when I attempt to run live TV.

I appreciate all the suggestions and effort everyone is putting toward my
problem.

Dennis

"Gary Tsang" wrote:

Gary Tsang · Guest

The latest video card driver is not 77.79

It is 81.25 and it is available here -
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.85.html (81.25 actually supports
more hardware than the 77.79 version you are mentioning)

You can get to this link by going to Nvidia.com
Then hit the drivers link
Then select Graphics Driver, GeForce and TNT 2, Windows XP/2000.

This will lead you to the 81.25 version and this is the one you ought to be
using.

Also make sure you've installed the newest NVidia codec which my brother
mentioned earlier in the thread
It is available here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder_1.02-185-trial.html

Other things to try
- Update your bios (it appears this is the latest for your motherboard -
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/bios.php?categories=1&model=125)
- Update your chipset drivers
(http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/via_hyperionpro_v504a.zip)
- Update your audio drivers
(ftp://202.65.194.18/pc/ac97/alc650/WDM_A379.exe)

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Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
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Gary Tsang · Guest

UR2 = Update Rollup 2 for MCE 2005
You do not need .net Framework 2.0 for MCE2005 and MCE2005 UR2

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Dennis · Guest

Hello JW

I am using NVIDA 77.79 driver, when I go to their site this is the latest
driver I find for my video card.

Thanks

Dennis

"JW" wrote:

Jason Tsang · Guest

Visual Basic runtimes - example of a product whose later release did not
replace an earlier release... there are others, but there's not really much
reason to belabour that point.

See here for an explanation of side by side execution and .net framework
versioning

Versioning, Compatibility, and Side-by-Side Execution in the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/versioncomparison/default.aspx

Side-by-Side Execution of the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/sidexsidenet.asp

MCE2005 with UR2 is explicitly bounded to .net Framework 1.1 (you can
personally inspect the .config files of the ehome executables if you wish)

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JW · Guest

Then how come several users that have upgraded to .NET2 had their RU2
problems go away.
I have nerver before heard of a product whose later release did not replace
an earlier release and am looking forward to your technical explanation of
why it is not true with .NET2.

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