[mythtv-users] EPIA fan noise ?

Maarten mythtv at ultratux.org
Mon Aug 2 18:13:26 EDT 2004


On Monday 02 August 2004 23:17, Simeon Walker wrote:
> Maarten wrote:
> >On Monday 02 August 2004 18:59, Stephen Tait wrote:
> >>At 17:47 02/08/2004 +0100, you wrote:

> >In any case, a PCI riser card 'rises' only one PCI slot.  You cannot put a
> >two-slot risercard in one slot and expect both slots to work then. PCI
> > isn't designed that way.  You'll note that with two-slot risercards there
> > always is a small daughterboard that must go in another free PCI slot.
> >
> >So yes, one PCI slot is all you'll have.
>
> No it isn't. I have the VIA two slot riser in an M10K board with a DXR3
> and a DVB card.

Well, then it is a specially made and supported card for that VIA board.  
Which you can read in / on the VIA user's guide incidentally.  Here it is: 

http://www.logicsupply.com/images/cables/viariser_pic1_big.jpg

You can read up on the PCI specs which details all about why I said you cannot 
put a two-slot riser card in a _normal_ PCI slot, without extension slots.

http://www.mycableshop.com/PDFs/ATX_Spec_V1_0.pdf

Maarten

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