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<blockquote data-quote="Bleazle" data-source="post: 388961" data-attributes="member: 53582">I've got a couple of questions for anyone that knows about computers in general:1. Recently my HTPC hasn't been restarting as it should - it gets to the screen which tells you it has a Pentium CPU and Asus motherboard etc (I don't know what that screen is called, but it's the first one that loads, before it does the self check thing) and then it just freezes. Sometimes it takes several goes (either hitting &quot;Power&quot; for 10 seconds or &quot;Reset&quot;) to get it to start. It's betting a bit unnerving - I'm waiting for the time it doesn't start <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> Any ideas? anything I should check? How do I do those checks? etc etc2. I've got 1GB DDR RAM and a P4 3GHZ CPU. I've noticed that when recording 3 or more channels at once (yeah, it happens sometimes!) the CPU is pretty much maxed out, plus there are other occasions when it seems to be pretty much running at full tit. I'm looking at adding another 3GB of RAM but I just want to be sure that it's worth doing - I know more RAM is always better but will it help when it comes to recording TV?Any advice would be appreciated.Dave.PS. For anyone using the BleazleWide skin I've just added a fade in effect for the Hover images in the Home screen - you can get them from this post:&nbsp; <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/bleazle-skin-49456/index38.html#post388951" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/bleazle-skin-49456/index38.html#post388951</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bleazle, post: 388961, member: 53582"] I've got a couple of questions for anyone that knows about computers in general: 1. Recently my HTPC hasn't been restarting as it should - it gets to the screen which tells you it has a Pentium CPU and Asus motherboard etc (I don't know what that screen is called, but it's the first one that loads, before it does the self check thing) and then it just freezes. Sometimes it takes several goes (either hitting "Power" for 10 seconds or "Reset") to get it to start. It's betting a bit unnerving - I'm waiting for the time it doesn't start :o:o:o Any ideas? anything I should check? How do I do those checks? etc etc 2. I've got 1GB DDR RAM and a P4 3GHZ CPU. I've noticed that when recording 3 or more channels at once (yeah, it happens sometimes!) the CPU is pretty much maxed out, plus there are other occasions when it seems to be pretty much running at full tit. I'm looking at adding another 3GB of RAM but I just want to be sure that it's worth doing - I know more RAM is always better but will it help when it comes to recording TV? Any advice would be appreciated. Dave. PS. For anyone using the BleazleWide skin I've just added a fade in effect for the Hover images in the Home screen - you can get them from this post: [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/bleazle-skin-49456/index38.html#post388951"]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/skins-50/bleazle-skin-49456/index38.html#post388951[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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