Nexus-s Rev2.2 & 4MB OSD RAM

Hi, There
I've decided to Modify my Nexus-s card with adding another 2MB of Ram
And, I need your guidness guys.
I've checked VDR-WIKI for that issue, but things still not clear for me
Can i use an old ATI Rage IIC VGA with 8 MB OF Ram to get the requested ram without problems as mentioned in VDR-WIKI ?

I need some one tried it successfuly to guide me here
also i need some hints to avoid burning my card

thanks, in advance

mas0h
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Thanks, Guys
I've done it successfuly
Thanks for Great Thomas for his awsome guide .
i've loaded HightTech256 smoothly without errors
But i noticed that while OSD activity the cpu usage reaches almost 90%
is that normal

Hallo Guys
Unfortunately, After i've moded my nexus-s with 4MB RAM
And while watching TV, It stopped suddenly and the screen went black
i've rebooted the pc and unplugged the card to see what happend
i noticed that the wire between the pin 18 of the second ram and the av7110 is broken
I decided to remove the second RAM and stick to the original RAM only
and i've removed it to avoid any trouble

when i replugged the card back again to the pc it worked fine
BUT after about 15 minutes the picture disappeard again
and i had this from dmesg

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av7110_wait_msgstate: timeout waiting for MSGSTATE 0040
dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: gpioirq unknown type=0 len=0
dvb-ttpci: Crystal audio DAC @ card 0 detected
av7110_wait_msgstate: timeout waiting for MSGSTATE 0040
dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: adac type set to 0 @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: adac type set to 0 @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: adac type set to 0 @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: adac type set to 0 @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: gpioirq unknown type=0 len=0
dvb-ttpci: Crystal audio DAC @ card 0 detected
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i tried to reboot the pc but the firmware refuses to load
i've also pn Thomas and he suggests to post on the form

help me please

mas0h
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Also i have this from dmesg after shutting down the pc for about 1 hour
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saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e0a64800 (revision 1, irq 10) (0x13c2,0x0003).
DVB: registering new adapter (Technotrend/Hauppauge WinTV Nexus-S rev2.X).
adapter has MAC addr = XXXXXXXX
dvb-ttpci: gpioirq unknown type=0 len=0
dvb-ttpci: info @ card 0: firm f0240009, rtsl b0250018, vid 00000000, app 8000261d
dvb-ttpci: firmware @ card 0 supports CI link layer interface
dvb-ttpci: Crystal audio DAC @ card 0 detected
saa7146_vv: saa7146 (0): registered device video0 [v4l2]
DVB: registering frontend 0 (ST STV0299 DVB-S)...
dvb-ttpci: found av7110-0.

dvb-ttpci: ARM crashed @ card 0
dvb-ttpci: warning: timeout waiting in BlitBitmap: 0, 1
dvb-ttpci: __av7110_send_fw_cmd(): timeout waiting for COMMAND idle
dvb-ttpci: av7110_send_fw_cmd(): av7110_send_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: av7110_fw_cmd error -110
dvb-ttpci: gpioirq unknown type=0 len=0
dvb-ttpci: Crystal audio DAC @ card 0 detected
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Zitat

Originally posted by randy
either the new/old ram is broken or buggy soldering.

never had any problems with those mods, i did around 50cards yet.

-- randy

Thanks, God
I've removed the old ram and put another one instead
Now the card is just fine
thanks randy

mas0h
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