Re: WinTV PVR-150MCE Install Problem on Media Center 2005

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From: Will Steele (will_at_excom.net.nz)
Date: 03/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:07:37 +1300

Have you tried the drivers that came with the card (the older ones) ?

I have the same card and it works fine with standard drivers.

Will

"tjm01572" <tjm01572@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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>I tried to install the 150MCE version on my Dell 8400:
>
> 3.0 GHz
> 2.0 GB RAM
> Radeon 800 SE
> Power DVD 6.0 Deluxe
> 160 GB HD
>
> The card was recognized by windows "add hardware wizard", however
> after completing driver install, my CPU usage shoots to 100%. When
> trying to enter media center to run TV tuner setup, which takes
> forever just to get to the TV setting, it states "TV tuner not
> installed or malfunctioning, Please make sure it is installed and the
> proper drivers are installed" or something to that effect.
>
> I have tried changing PCI slots, no help.
>
> In looking at the CPU usage, there are 2 processes that are going
> crazy: ehrecvr.exe and msiexec.exe. I have to end these processes to
> get my CPU usage down to normal. The exact same thing happens every
> time I try to reinstall, after of course using the utlity from
> Hauppage to remove older installs.
>
> I have the latest driver from the Hauppauge website. I have
> uninstalled , reinstalled, uninstalled, reinstalled,at least 10
> times.
>
> I did read that the msiexec was an installer but it was only supposed
> to be running during an installation. So I am assuming it should not
> even be showing up after the driver is installed.
>
> The ehrecvr.exe seems to be the main problem. Instantlt after install
> is completed, It jumps CPU usage to 90-100% and wont go down. I left
> it there for a good half hour one time before killin it.
>
> After killing the processes and restarting MCE, same thing, ehrecvr
> jumps up and makes it impossible to do anything.
>
> Read other places that it might be tied to certain codecs, so i even
> tried uninstalling my dvd decoders (powerDVD and NVIDIA Dvd decoder)
> and reintalling the 150MCE, then reintalling the decoders. SAME THING
> happened.
>
> Wondering if i need a clean install, although I wouyld hate to have to
> do that.
>
> Anyone know?
>
> Thanks
>

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