[mythtv-users] Hauppauge Freestyle Info & ?s

[Simon Kenyon]

Will Dormann wrote:

>>4.  The Techsys EBay ad for the Freestyle says that it must be installed in
>>the middle PCI slot of the motherboard.  I'm guessing that this is just for
>>maximum cooling.  Does anyone know of any other restriction?
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>
>It requires a bus mastering PCI slot.   The ebay ad text comes directly
>from the Gateway web site, so presumably gateway systems have a bus
>mastering middle PCI slot.  (but who knows about the others.... sounds a
>little strange)
>  
>
one thing you might want to note is that the heatsink on the main chip 
on the 350 gets really rather hot
not impossible to touch it - but i wouldn't want to hold it for more 
than a second

so good airflow around the card is important
--
simon