On Jan 28, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Nathan A. Smith wrote: > On Sat, 2006-01-28 at 09:10 -0500, Dewey Smolka wrote: >>> Not looking at your logs, just from past experience... Anytime I >>> have >>> behavior like you've described, it was either due to a poor power >>> supply or an IRQ conflict. >> >> Have a look also at your CPU fan -- if it's not properly fixed to the >> chip that can cause overheating and automatic shutdown/reboot. > Thanks for the hint, > > but I am sure overheating of the cpu isn't the issue. I can run > the box > for days (I have) and not have it reboot. It only happens when I try > running TV... > Wish I had a nickel for every time I was "sure" of something like that.
MythTV pushes the CPU more than most programs. It is quite possible that you could idle along for weeks with no problem and then have something CPU-intensive cause a heat-related problem in minutes. Not that I am saying that is your problem, just making a point :-) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
