Put all your hardware in first.
Also, I have a sata drive in my machine with no problems, though, it's not my primary drive, and it was installed into an already working box and just mounted to the /myth/tv path.
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| Author: | tahoejeff [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:09 am ] |
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i'm building my first pvr this weekend. i've burned a knoppmyth cd, and installed my motherboard, cpu, and dvd drives. my memory and hard drive will arrive tomorrow. my question: should i install my wintv pvr 150 in the case right away, or should i get the o/s installed and working and then install the pvr 150? i'm guessing i should put the tuner card in first, but i don't want to make this more difficult than it needs to be. i've read the list of things to avoid, and it sounds like this will be a challenging build. my mobo has a via chipset (Abit KV8 PRO). my hard drive is a 500gb sata. my video card is an ati aiw. that's 3 strikes against me, so i guess i'll just cross my fingers. if that doesn't do it, maybe i'll be doing more shopping. |
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| Author: | Gibble [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:33 am ] |
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Put all your hardware in first.
Also, I have a sata drive in my machine with no problems, though, it's not my primary drive, and it was installed into an already working box and just mounted to the /myth/tv path. |
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| Author: | Too Many Secrets [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:25 am ] |
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Don't worry about the SATA hdd, they 'just work' these days. I've got nothing but sata hdds running all from a auto install. |
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| Author: | mogator88 [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:55 am ] |
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Build it as close to the final spec as possible. Do NOT leave out the tuner card. DO use the SATA disk. I speak from experience. It is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH easier to get things going when things are not missing at the beginning. |
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| Author: | tahoejeff [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:26 pm ] |
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thank you all. so i'm only up against 2 strikes... i'll post my results when it's running, hopefully with no further questions. any further advice or comforting words are welcome. |
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| Author: | Gibble [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:29 pm ] |
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write down any post install tweaks you do. I never do, and that's dumb come the next time!
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| Author: | tahoejeff [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:35 pm ] |
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i read that i need to set the refresh rate/res right away or i can damage my tv. would you recommend i do the knoppmyth install hooked up to my tv, or should i start on a pc monitor, and then switch to my tv when it's dialed in? |
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| Author: | rando [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:35 pm ] |
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I also never write down any tweaks that I do after the install, and surely this slows me down come the next round of installs. Though i'm getting faster at doing it the slow way, if that makes any sense. |
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