ScoobyDoo555

Just installed a Freecom Freeview USB doo-wacky onto a mate's PC, but because it didn't have USB2.0, had to install one of these cards first.

It's all tuned in and working......

until you choose a channel!!

It proceeds to the "blue screen of death", with a lot of text relating to the USB bus, however, I can't read it because it flashes so quickly, and goes on to reset.

It does this EVERY time I choose a channel.

Any ideas why?

I kind of leaning towards the fact that it's running off a 3rd party USB2.0 card, and the PC's quite old (Athlon 1Ghz/256Meg Ram, running XP sp2)

I'm thinking that it will be easier to return the Freeview thing back to the shop, saying that the PC's too old to run it......

Any thoughts?

Dan

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

If the DVB is recognised on the USB2 pci card and working bar channel selection, then I would rule out it being a USB issue. I think it maybe a RAM issue or because its running low on RAM maybe. 256MB is not very much. Turn off the autoreboot option when it crashes (system properties/Advanced/Startup n Recovery/Uncheck the 'automatically reboot' option) so u can at least see the error message and post it up here or google on it.

mattbeef

if the card doesnt encode then you will need a min of 1Gb RAM which would prob explain the crashing, if the card does encode then i wouldnt like to say just go on the above advice

PhilA

under system options disable the reboot then you'll be able to read the bsod error.

ScoobyDoo555

Nice one chaps - think he's taken the card back as it was getting more expensive than buying a freeview box!!!

Dan