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    have you HP tv tuner EC-300 ?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by tinto101, Aug 31, 2007.

  1. tinto101

    tinto101 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have an hp pavilion dv-6141 on december 2006
    with the ORIGINAL tv express card tuner ec-300
    (yuan manifactured)... work well or ?

    when i record a film after 30 minutes or 2 hours
    blue screen ! and you ?

    but sometimes work well (no crash!) for 1 week !

    big mistery ? is very HOT ...and i have put near
    a big fan , but the blue screen come in !

    help me.best
     
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  2. fraggable

    fraggable Notebook Guru

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    I'm taking a wild guess English isn't your native language?

    I had the same problem. There are 2 solutions.

    1) Buy some ramsinks, something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835425005 and stick them to the metal part of the card that sticks outside the laptop. Then I modified a 80mm case fan to work with a 8V AC adapter from Radio Shack and just laid it on top blowing down onto the ramsinks. This does an incredible job of cooling the card and keeps it from bluescreening.

    2) chat with HP online and tell them what's happening, get them to replace the card. I replaced mine 3 times and each time got a newer revision and it ran cooler. My current card runs well enough that I don't really have to use the fan, just the heatsinks.

    This problem seems much more pronounced when you're using OTA signals rather than cable or satellite.
     
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