[pvrusb2] Unexpected "Failed to configure cx23416"

[Martin Carpella]

Hi,

thank you for your incredible fast reply!

Mike Isely wrote:
> The mpeg encoder chip is the biggest heat generator inside the device.  
> Maybe you are experiencing a thermal problem?  Has the ambient air 
> temperature in the room gone up?  See if you can affect the symptoms by 
> cooling the device down.  Set up a fan to blow air across the top of it.  
> I'm not suggesting this as a solution but perhaps as a way to figure out 
> the symptoms a little better.
>   
Temperature was the first issue I suspected, but the device is neither 
hot nor is the air around it hot.

After my e-mail I changed my Ubuntu kernel from generic to low-latency 
as I suspected a timing problem and strange enough the crashes are not 
happening at the moment. But this may well be coincidence as I 
cold-bootet both the device and the computer several times in the 
process and removed the power cord for several minutes, so maybe it just 
cooled down. I will now perform some recordings to see if the issue 
comes back.

> I have heard of one other case in the past few years where a device died 
> due to overheating.  These devices do get somewhat warm.  But in that 
> case it was an unusual situation: The owner had put a small stack of PVR 
> USB2 devices one on top of another and then entombed the whole array 
> inside a closed unventilated box...
>   
No, just one device and this is in the open. Thanks for the pointer 
anyways ;) I will keep a look and see if the error will re-appear.

Best regards,
Martin