[mythtv-users] Considering a Pundit. Pls advise.

[Chris Petersen]

> Exactly what does bare bones mean? Minus windoze, fine. Hardware 
> assembly, not so fine.

Barebones means you get a case, a powersupply and a motherboard (and any 
additional goodies like sound, pcmcia, etc. that the motherboard has 
built in).

Thus, with the pundit, you'll need to supply your own processor, hard 
drive, RAM and cd/dvd drive.

> Is the fan quiet enough to live with in the living room? If not, what 
> are my options?

Yes.  At idle, makes less noise than the fridge in the other room.

> What do I need to do to make it boot headless?

Huh?  I thought that all non-mac machines were capable of booting 
headless.  You just turn it on.  But if you're using it as a myth box, 
it won't be headless.  The TV out is treated exactly as if it was a monitor.

> Are there enough PCI slots for my Haupage 350 plus wireless card? How 
> many slots exactly?

Two PCI slots.  the 350 will require some bending of the case to make it 
fit (there's a lip you have to work around -- there are tutorials 
floating around that show you), but both SHOULD fit if the wireless card 
is small enough.

And make sure you're aware of the two different versions of the pundit 
-- only one of them has good video-out support.

-Chris