[mythtv-users] OT: Hardware question...

[Was A Bear]

Andrew, do NOT leave that card incorrectly seated! Well, I guess you CAN 
if you really want to. If you decide to leave it incorrectly seated can 
you do me a huge favor; instead of powering up your machine just put 
that currently working PVR-250 in a box and ship it to me... ya know, it 
would save me $150.00 and it would get you the same result as not 
seating the card correctly. That result being you not having a card to 
use. ;-)

If I were you I would go with Robert's suggestion below. But then again 
I would like a free PVR-250... hhhmmm.

Robert Denier wrote:

> Try other cards and see if they fit.  Look at everything to see if 
> somehow something is wrong.  Are you sure its fully seated?  At last 
> resort you could possibly pick up an appropriate washer to go between 
> the hold down tab and case.  You could then get a longer screw.  That 
> way you could hold the card in an almost normal fashion..  You really 
> shouldn't need to be doing this though..  Did you put the motherboard 
> in with the mounting hardware provided with the case?  I have had good 
> luck with antec cases, but well I haven't bought any lately.  (The 
> last 2 computers I bought were shuttle cubes.)  I would avoid changing 
> how the motherboard is mounted unless you have reason to suspect it is 
> wrong.
>
>
>
> Andrew Close wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> this is slightly off-topic, but it concerns the MythBox i'm putting 
>> together. :)
>> i finally recieved all my hardware and have assembled it.  however, my
>> PVR-250 doesn't seat completely in the motherboard 'AND' anchor to the
>> case.  if i seat the card all the way then there is about 1/4 inch
>> between the case and where the card would screw into the case.
>>
>> my question is: should i just leave the card held only by the PCI
>> riser?  or should i unscrew the motherboard and shim it so that the
>> PCI card can be fully seated AND screwed into the case?  my only
>> concern with the second option is that when the motherboard heats up
>> it could be damaged from being warped...
>>
>> any suggestions? 
>> by the way, the case is the Cooler Master Black MicroATX 5-Bay DeskTop
>> Case, Model "ATC-620C-BX1"
>> (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-119-024&depa=1) 
>>
>> very sharp!
>> my motherboard is the ChainTech 7NIF2 (micro-ATX).
>> the motherboard seems to fit in the case just fine...
>>
>> thanks,
>> andy
>>
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