[mythtv-users] Re: Via vt-310dp and c146

[Andrew Plumb]

Hi Geoff,

Unfortunately, in the case of the C146 that riser card won't work; the riser
card it comes with is actually two board connected by a couple of ribbon
cables.  That's probably how they get it to fit in this particular 1U case;
it's not the one in the picture:

http://www.travla.com/FAQ/faq-DualRiserCard.html

Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

Andrew.

On 11/30/05, R. Geoffrey Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:47:16 -0500, Andrew Plumb wrote:
>
> Hi Eliot (and mythtv-users),
>
> >With respect to the C146, my PVR500 dual-tuner card was a shade too long
> to
> >install in the first (PCI2) slot of the dual-slot PCI riser card AND fit
> >back into the case; neither of the cards work if you put them in the
> second
> >(PCI3) slot.  The PVR350 fits and works.  What I haven't tried (yet) is
> to
> >install a "dummy" PCI card (like an old network card) in the first slot
> and
> >the PVR500 in the second.  The problem is most likely with the riser
> card,
> >an active versus passive circuit design; the descriptions at this site
> are
> >what lead me to suspect that this is the issue:
> >http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=3D8#p1902
>
> Your problem IS the riser card.
> Most PCI riser cards come with a small daughter-board which is intended to
> go into the motherboard's original PCI slot to pass the power and IRQ to
> the riser card slot....Of course that does not work when you only have one
> pci slot!
>
> Via make a 2 slot riser card which has active circuitry to obviate this
> problem. I think that their riser is in fact intended for Travla cases
> like the C146. I got mine from Logic Supply, Waterbury Vermont.
> http://www.logicsupply.com    >Accessories>PCI Riser Cards>   Part name
> PCIRISER2.  That card may solve your physical fitting problem with the
> PVR500 too.
> This riser allows me to use both my PVR500 and pcHDTV3000 on my Via
> SP130000.
>
>
> Because my case (Silverstone LC11M) is designed for a physically different
> structure  with an AGP card in the 'first' slot, I am using a flexible PCI
> extension (part name: Flexpci) between the motherboard PCI slot and the
> PCI riser card.
> This route can obviate a number of other problems too.
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11/30/05, Eliot Phillips <eliot.hackaday at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I found your posts in the MythTV mailing lists archive. I'm
> > considering putting together a MythTV box and really want to use the
> > c146 case. How has it been working for you? Have you gotten your DP
> > board off the ground yet? The only thing that is holding me back is
> > the limited number of boards with DVI output. I should probably bite
> > the bullet and assume that sometime in the future I'll build a
> > frontend box with DVI for HDTV.
> >
> > Eliot Phillips
> > Hack-A-Day
> > http://hackaday.com
> >
>
>
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