[mythtv-users] Using a Tivo Chassis for Myth

[Brian Wood]

On Jun 22, 2006, at 2:30 PM, Brian C. Huffman wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 16:22 -0400, Disconnect wrote:
>> Hey look, its a FAQ!
>> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.16
>>
>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Gavin Haslett did have cause to say:
>>
>>> I suspect it'd also be slow as a dog :)
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 15:34 -0400, A JM wrote:
>>>> Hasn't someone already hacked a TIVO???
>>>>
>
>
> You guys aren't getting what I mean.  I mean gutting it and using new
> hardware.  I'm only talking about using the actual Chassis.  I've read
> the FAQ...
>
> But, I guess the answer is that anything's possible.  I was just  
> hoping
> that someone had done it and I could take a look at their procedure /
> pictures if possible.

When I added a second HDD to my series 2 I bought a "TwinBreeze"  
bracket which allowed easy mounting of both drives. Weaknees  
suggested a second fan, which goes on the bracket. Of course they are  
selling them, and all it really does is move more air around inside  
the case, it doesn't really push more air out.

But it does indicate that the vendors selling upgrades are concerned  
about the additional heat of even an added drive.

They also have a device which staggers the spin-up of the hard  
drives, as they claim the PSU can't take the load of two drives  
powering up at the same time. Having looked at the stock PSU I tend  
to agree. You would have to get a better power supply to even  
consider running a standard PC type system in that case.

While the proposed project might be possible, I think it would  
represent a triumph of engineering over common sense.