Stability PRoblems

[m1abrams]

Ok I have been running SageTV for a little over a week now and have been plagued with lockups and crashes. I have tried several things to solve them but no luck. Here is my system spec:

MB: Asus A8V
CPU: Athlon 64 3200+
Video: Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 265MB
Tuner1: PVR-250MCE
Tuner2: PVR-150MCE
IR Blaster: USB-UIRT (using 2 zones)
IR Reciever: Same USB-UIRT
Decoders tried: NVDVD (latest 4.x ver), Intervideo (from WinDVD), ffdshow, and decoder in SageTV Beta.
OS: Windows 2000 Pro, all patches applied, including DX9.0c
render: VMR9
3d enabled

I started with the latest 2.1 ver of SageTV with only the standard STV. Started with using the standalone app, then tried with Service mode. With no luck I moved to the latest Beta ver. both in standalone and in service mode. Still got the same random lockups with no error message.

I ran a few bechmarks and ran Prime95 for 18+ hours and had zero problems and my temps stayed in good points CPU: 118F, MB: 100F.

I am using the latest haugpauge drivers, but thinking of reinstalling them however I doubt that will help.

My lockups are random but frequent. Usually get atleast one lockup for about every 1-2 hours of play. They only happen when activiely watching a show, so I suspect they are related to the decoders since it never seems to lockup if I am not playing back a video. I thought I had it narrowed down when I could "almost" reproduce the lockup by starting a recorded show in thumbnail view, stopping it then restarting it and it would lock up 3 times in a row that way. But then I could do it 6 times same way no lockup.

I have not tried disabling VMR9, that is my next try. However I would really like VMR9 enabled.

[m1abrams]

Ok it has been almost 2 days of stable running.

The change I made was to use Overlay instead of VMR9.

Anyone know why I would have issues with WMR9? And what I can do to make VMR9 more stable?

[mlbdude]

If VMR9 was causing problems it is probably something to do with your graphics driver or card.

[m1abrams]

Originally Posted by mlbdude

If VMR9 was causing problems it is probably something to do with your graphics driver or card.

Well I am running the latest ATI catalyst driver. Temps on the card seem to be ok, running around 48C (at first I thought that was hot, but according to other people that is a normal temp for a GPU).

I could try reinstalling the graphics driver, i doubt that would help much though. Any settings I should try changing on the driver? Should I reduce the AGP settings?

[mlbdude]

You might also want to try an older version of the driver. Newest is not always best. Also make sure you are running the latest version of DX9.