[mythtv-users] tuner / sound cards for a low-profile case

Kirby Vandivort kvandivo at ks.uiuc.edu
Thu Sep 4 11:35:19 EDT 2003


On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:28:21AM -0400, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Chad Vogelsong
> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:02 AM
> > To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] tuner / sound cards for a low-profile case
> >
> >
> > For my new MythTV, I bought a "low profile" MicroATX case, the Aopen
> > H340H here:  http://store.yahoo.com/directron/h340h.html
> >
> > I also got the Shuttle MK35N motherboard (VIA KM266, AC97 sound, VGA,
> > LAN) here: http://store.yahoo.com/directron/mk35n.html
> >
> > For the extra components, I purchased an Aopen Aeolus (GeForce4 MX440,
> > 8X AGP), 2 PVR-250's and a Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Digital.
> >
> > My problem is that the case I bought is a "low profile" case.  The
> > GeForce4 card came apart and fits into 2 low profile slots, but the
> > PVR-250's and the Sound Blaster Live 5.1 cards are full height.  Since
> > this is my first time with what I now know as a "low profile" case, I
> > didn't know that it would only fit certain cards.
> 
> 
> Just curious... what do you mean when you say the GeForce4 card "came apart
> and fits into 2 low profile slots" ??

What, JAC?  You don't have a hammer lying around?   :)  Why, just the
other day, I made an entire motherboard fit into a medium glass.


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