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<me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:mdko31h20o2qf3g82fmlt4g82ca72vq7sb@4ax.com...
> Im wanting to install a Hauppauge TV and PVR card in one
> see link
http://tinyurl.com/59pdj Think it will work OK in a 470?
If the 470 has a slot of the right type available, I would assume so.
IIRC, the 470 has one 5 volt PCI slot and one 3.3 volt PCI-X slot. I
think you can plug a 32-bit PCI card into that 64-bit PCI-X slot. So
you could install, at most, two PCI cards (PCIe cards are different).
Most sound cards and modems are PCI, so if you wanted one of each,
there goes all your PCI slots. Furthermore, I believe there is a voltage
issue. The 5v PCI slot can take either a 5v card or a universal card.
The PCI-X slot can take either a 3.3v card or a universal card. I think
some of the Hauppage cards are universal and some are 5v only. If
you picked a universal it could go into either of your slots. But if you
picked a 5v only, it would have to go into the 32-bit slot. Which would
be fine if it is empty. If it isn't empty and the card that is in there is a 5v,
you couldn't move it over to the PCI-X.
Read up on PCI & PCI-X and double check me on that.