[mythtv-users] M-179 in a Pundit?

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Dec 19, 2003, at 21:49, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:

> On Saturday 20 December 2003 00:41, Bret Wade wrote:
>> Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
>>
>>> Well, now that my 2 M-179's *and* my bonus have come in, I'm 
>>> thinking about
>>> putting together a whole new box... has anybody put these in a 
>>> Pundit yet,
>>> and if so, did you need to void the warranty to get them to fit 
>>> (i.e., cut
>>> the case, etc)?
>>>
>> I have put a single PVR-250 in a Pundit which is a full size card. Of
>> the two PCI  slots, one can be used with some minor interference with
>> the cover, but in the other slot, the card overlaps a part of the
>> chassis and I think a major modification would be necessary to make it
>> work. I didn't spend a lot of time looking at it since my obvious 
>> choice
>> was to use the first slot. My cover doesn't quite close correctly on 
>> one
>> corner, but it's hardly noticeable.
>
> Thanks, but I'm really interested in how the M-179's compare in size 
> to the
> PVR-250's.  In his post "How to void your warranty on the Pundit", 
> Robert
> Kulagowski detailed how he fit 2 PVR-250's in his Pundit with a little 
> extra
> sheet metal cutting, but I was wondering if the M-179's might fit 
> better or
> worse.

Worse. My M179s are larger than my PVR-250 (rev2).

--jarod
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