Re: MCE TV Philips 7135 Cardbus don't work

[Hartmut Hackmann <hartmut.hackmann@t-online.de>]

Emilio Lazo Zaia schrieb:
> Hi Hartmut!
> 
> This is a Cardbus adapter, so maybe I need to break in to have a
> look :-)
> If this is possible without a possible physical damage, I can try!
> 
You need to be careful but you can bend most modules open with a
not too sharp knife. You need to start this from the far side of the
cardbus connector.
I did this several times.

> What you say is that "no eeprom present" is not an error and can be
> ignored if the correct configuration is found the hard way?
>
yes.

> In the case of a PCI adapter, what can be deduced about the presence of
> these metal box? I saw some board with and without it.
> 
This box is the so-called tuner. It is important to know its type.

But before you open the module, you might try a "modprobe saa7134 card=55"
and watch the kernel log. If the driver tells you it found a tda8175(a),
we already learned a lot.


> Thanks,
> Regards!
> 
> El dom, 04-05-2008 a las 22:21 +0200, Hartmut Hackmann escribió:
> 
>> There are many saa713x based cards without eeprom. It stores the vendor ID and
>> - in many cases - the board configuration. For you this means
>> - you need to find out the configuration the hard way
>>    * identify the chips on the card
>>    * find the input configuration by try and error
>> - You will always need to force the card type with a card=xxx option, there is
>>    no way to automatically identify the card.
>>
>> So please have a close look at the card and write down all chip types. Is there
>> a metal box with the antenna connector on the card? What is its type?
>>
>> Hartmut

Good luck
   Hartmut

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