[mythtv-users] ASUS Pundit Questions

[Chris Petersen]

> I had no trouble with neither of them.

neither did I.

> I use the one bundled with the Pinnacle PCTV Pro. Not pretty, but small enough 
> to hide in the surrounding furniture. :-)

hmm, same here.  heh.

> BTW, beware of the size of PCI cards. The PCTV fits very tightly in the Pundit 
> case.

Unfortunately, most tv tuner cards are pretty large (tall) and will have
this problem.  It's a little work to get it in (there's a weird lip on
the case that you have to work around), but once inside it's fine.

> > I also assume that there is going to be no way
> > to turn on the Pundit via remote control?
> Not that I know of.

I don't know of any motherboards that do this.

> It is indeed quiet. Just make sure you turn the "Quiet Fan" setting to On in 
> BIOS setup. There is an annoying beep during POST which apparently cannot be 
> turned off. Disconnecting the internal speaker might fix it.

the POST beep is there for a good reason - it tells you that the
hardware is OK.  If it isn't, you'll get different beeps.  As for quiet,
it's the quietest case I've seen (and I deal with quite a few at work). 
Antec has a new ultra-quiet case (full size desktop) out that might be
quieter, but I haven't had a chance to look at it yet.

-Chris