[mythtv-users] tuner / sound cards for a low-profile case

[Chad Vogelsong]

If you view the picture here:
http://us.st7.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/directron_1756_32680351  you
will see the picture of the GeForce4 MX440 card I bought, close up.  If
you look at the VGA connector, you will see that it is connected via a
cable instead of directly onto the PCB.

The card came with the instruction book, driver CD, the small cable to
go from the card to RCA output and also 2 extra metal brackets.  If you
unscrew the 4 devices aroudn the VGA port and the Digital Out port, the
metal bracket comes off.  You can then put a "low profile" bracket
around the RCA out & Digital Out and screw back in the 2 devices on the
digital out to hold the bracket on.  The VGA port can then be screwed
into a separate bracket and installed in the next slot in the case.  I
lose the ability to use 1 PCI slot on the mother board because of this,
but it's nice to be able to do.

When the computer is nothing but a TV out for MythTV, I can get that PCI
slot back by just taking out the VGA connector and pulling it off the
card.

Chad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph A. Caputo [mailto:jcaputo1 at comcast.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:28 AM
> To: Discussion about MythTV
> Subject: RE: [MythTV-users] tuner / sound cards for a low-profile case
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Chad Vogelsong
> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:02 AM
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [MythTV-users] tuner / sound cards for a low-profile case
> >
> >
> > For my new MythTV, I bought a "low profile" MicroATX case, 
> the Aopen 
> > H340H here:  http://store.yahoo.com/directron/h340h.html
> >
> > I also got the Shuttle MK35N motherboard (VIA KM266, AC97 
> sound, VGA,
> > LAN) here: http://store.yahoo.com/directron/mk35n.html
> >
> > For the extra components, I purchased an Aopen Aeolus 
> (GeForce4 MX440, 
> > 8X AGP), 2 PVR-250's and a Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Digital.
> >
> > My problem is that the case I bought is a "low profile" case.  The 
> > GeForce4 card came apart and fits into 2 low profile slots, but the 
> > PVR-250's and the Sound Blaster Live 5.1 cards are full 
> height.  Since 
> > this is my first time with what I now know as a "low 
> profile" case, I 
> > didn't know that it would only fit certain cards.
> 
> 
> Just curious... what do you mean when you say the GeForce4 
> card "came apart and fits into 2 low profile slots" ??
> 
> -JAC
> 
>