Anyone in the UK with experience of the TBS 6284? (1 Viewer)

[elliottmc]

For information, I am using a 6280 (dual tuner) on Win 7 32 bit with no problems at all. I guess it is a combination of your motherboard, drivers, OS, whatever.

Unless of course there are specific issues with the 6284.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

I'd put money on the motherboard being the problem here, especially if not pci-e v2, I have same problem with my nvidia gt220 if using any drivers after 190.45 ish, put it in a new build I was doing and it worked fine then with the latest driver

 

[SciDoctor]

I have basically come to that conclusion, although I should realy try a fresh OS instal (VISTA 64 this time) as this was installed in FEB 2007 and only has what is required for MP to run plus OS MS updates, never had a problem in over five years and it runs great without the 6284 with VISTA32.

A new MB is tempting but that can lead to the tip of a very expensive iceberg, i try to avoid that nowadays, although there is an ASROCK 939 mb available, matx and most of the latest goodies but expensive at 70GBP, very tempting as it would re-use all the compnents i have now.

OR get some quiet fans for the OPTERON server now that is a beast.

 

[elliottmc]

Just for information, I have a 6280 card (dual tuner) and recently had problems with poor signal.

It appears that the card was getting too hot (we've actually had a bit of warm weather - the card certainly felt hot). Moving it to a higher PCI-e slot with better cooling got things back to normal, although I'll be adding some more cooling fans.

Thought that this information may help others.