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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1141333" data-attributes="member: 141969">Quite a few people who bought the TBS6284 card had problems with the card being absent from Windows "Device Manager" on wake from sleep.  I had that problem too, but only in two of the three PCI-Express slots -- the 1x slot, and the 16x slot (normally used for the graphics card); the 4x slot seemed to work correctly.  It transpired that TBS had used a rare version of the PCI interface, namely PCI-Express version 1.0a (note the "a" suffix), which many motherboard manufacturers had forgotten to implement.  This was confirmed by those users who reported the fault to the motherboard manufacturer, who then issued an updated BIOS which cured the problem.  Unfortunately, my HTPC was well outside warranty by then, with no further BIOS updates from the manufacturer (Dell), so I was stuck with the way that it was. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />Because the Dell BIOS is lacking support for PCI-Express 1.0a (or implements it incorrectly), it is quite possible that the interruption to the output from one tuner when a second tuner starts is actually a result of the BIOS error, and not an inherent fault in the way that WMC manages the tuners.  But whatever the cause, it does not occur with MP. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I solved the sleep problem by discovering that the TBS cards do not disappear from "Device Manager" on wake from hibernation, which is why I now use hibernation instead of sleep.That is excellent service! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  I think that the TBS products are generally good quality, but their forum can sometimes be a bit cryptic, due to the problem of English not being their native language.I am currently in the process of updating my HTPC.  I have just purchased a new television, and have an SSD to install for the OS.  I am debating whether to buy a new case, motherboard, and CPU combination, and thereby eliminate the sleep problem (but I have been debating that for two years now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />).  I would like to keep the TBS6284 cards, but they are full height, so that places constraints on what case I can buy. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

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