[streaming] Re: OT? Linux DVB supported DVB-S & DVB-T 3.3V PCI cards

Thomas Kernen tkernen at deckpoint.ch
Wed Apr 19 14:32:36 CEST 2006


Matthew Geier wrote:
> Thomas Kernen wrote:
> 
>>>  I've got what I think is a Nova-T plugged into a 64bit PCI-X slot. I 
>>> think those slots a 3.3v only. Id have to go a pull the cover off our 
>>> streaming server to check for sure.
>>>
>>>  PCI-X was a 3.3 only design wasn't it ?
>>
>>
>> Yes, that's correct. That's why I need 3.3V :)
> 
>  Ill try to remember to pull the cover tomorrow (It's the middle of the 
> night and i'm at home, and the 4 DVB card server is at work) and see 
> what's in the 64bit slots. I do know that when I plugged a TwinHan DVB-S 
> card into a 64bit slot the machine wouldn't even POST. Card fitted OK - 
> I think the 5v cards have the keyway in a different spot, so if it was a 
> voltage miss-match the card shouldn't have even fitted, but it obviously 
> didn't agree with it. So I rearranged the cards. A connexant based card 
> of some sort in that slot now.
> 
> 

Great, thanks. Much appreciated. 5V and 3.3V cards should be keyed so 
that's interesting.

Thomas

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