UITableView Frame setting not working correctly

I have a view controller that has a tableView. When I frame its tableView, it appears on the screen elsewhere, and then in the frame I gave it. For example, assuming X-coordinate 200 with width 128 removes it all from the screen.

Here's how I instantiate the view controller:

myPopover = [[PopupVC alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(100, 47, 128, 150)];

      

        
        
        
      

    

And the initialization code for the view controller:

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)_frame
{
    self = [self initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    if (self)
    {
        frame = _frame;
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self.view setFrame:frame];
    staticTable = [[UITableView alloc] initWithFrame:frame style:UITableViewStylePlain];
    [self.view addSubview:staticTable];

      

        
        
        
      

    

}

Does anyone know why this is happening? When registering a frame, it indicates exactly what I entered, but it is obviously not a frame that is being placed in the view. As another test, I made precise measurements that clearly showed they were in different locations. Very strange, any help is appreciated.

thank