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

[Andrew Plumb]

...that Flexible PCI Riser/Extender, on the other hand, could do the trick!

http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/47_68/products_id/452

On 11/30/05, Andrew Plumb <aplumb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> > >
> >
> >
> > R. Geoffrey Newbury                          newbury at mandamus.org
> > Barrister and Solicitor                         Telephone: 905-271-9600
> > Mississauga,Ontario, Canada              Facsimile:   905-271-1638
> >
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