Re: Live TV Freezes Media Center

Hi,

What are your system specs? If you are seeing an improvement with these
drivers it could indicate that there is something else also causing a freeze.
The main things I have found (and I've built several MCE2005 systems with
widely varying hardware) apart from the VGA drivers are the chipset and TV
card drivers.

SiS chipsets are very unreliable with MCE, even with the latest drivers, and
I would not recommend using this. The older VIA chipsets are OK (MVP#, Apollo
Pro## series, KT1##, KN1##, KM1##, KT2##, KN2##, KM2##, P4X2##, P4X3##,
P4M2##) if you use the retro 4 in 1 drivers and I have had no trouble with
newer VIA chipsets and the latest Hyperion drivers. Most recent Intel
chipsets also work well with the current Intel drivers (or even the XP/MCE
ones). I don't recommend using any built in Intel graphics controllers,
although the recent ones do work. Nvidia nForce chipsets 3 & 4 are fine, but
I have had trouble with the older 2 series.

I tend to use Hauppauge DVB-T cards or USB 2 tuners and the 23227 version is
best for the PCI or MCE card or the 23276 drivers for the USB 2 tuner.

Hope this helps,

Rory

"dwclarkNU" wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm having the same issue, however setting the driver to 66.93 did
> not solve the issue, it just extended the amount of time before it
> froze on me. Any other suggestions?
>
> }Moose wrote:
> > Hi Dennis,
> >
> > I have had the same problem with FX5xxx cards and it is the driver. The
> > latest Forceware drivers are broken with MCE2005 on these cards. You need to
> > download the 66.93 drivers which work a treat. You can get them from Nvidia's
> > driver archive.
> >
> > Once I installed these drivers I have never had any problems withe either a
> > 5200 or a 5700 ultra. Hope this works for you.
> >
> > Rory
> >
> > PS - sorry about the empty post before!
> >
> > "Dennis" wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > >
>
>
.

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