RE: [ukha_d] Public Service Announcement - MCE2005 PC for £580

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kevin.

I never did open the box up & look inside, but I know what you mean
about t=
he rubbish they've written on the website... - it's amazing they manage to
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sell anything at all!!

Yes it most definitely DOES have proper 10/100 wired Ethernet built in,
and=
it also has a 54g wireless card in one of the PCI slots. At least one othe=
r PCI slot is taken by the analogue tuner, and TBH I'm really not sure if
t=
he 3rd one was free or not.

However, if I've read the forums correctly, it isn't possible to have two
t=
uners of different types (i.e. one analogue, one digital) under MCE2005, -
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dual tuner support only works for two of the same type - preferably,
(altho=
ugh apparently not essentially) the same make & model of card as
well...=20

That being the case, you wouldn't be able to add a freeview card without
re=
moving the existing analogue one anyway...

WRT to the practical aspects of installing a different tuner card in an
exi=
sting MCE install, I believe it should be relatively straightforward,
provi=
ded as you say, you select one that is certified (the Black Gold's for
exam=
ple).


Paul G.


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 16 January 2005 12:56
To: UKHA group
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Public Service Announcement - MCE2005 PC for =A3580


Do you know what expansion is available in the case Paul ?  The spec=20
says 3xPCI but I'm not sure what's used. I don't trust the spec online=20
as it also shows WinXP Home in the detail, no remote in the pic and no=20
network interface ;-)

I would really like to add a FreeView card as a second TV tuner. Can=20
someone tell me what  the practical aspects are of adding a PCI card to=20
an existing MCE install - ie does the 'plug and play' installation just=20
work OK ?  (assuming the card is MCE certified).

Kevin


Paul Gordon wrote:

>Just in case anyone's interested, I have found what I think is a pretty
go=
od deal for a reasonably specced MCE2005 PC in, of all places, PC World...
>It is the Advent 3040,  PC World product number 037531
>Link here:...   http://tinyurl.com/4v4oa
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>



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