Re: XP Media Center 2004(Motherboard and Video cards)
- From: "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <Newsgroups1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 12:44:29 -0800
If you've got a spare PCI slot, I'd disable the onboard and go for an Audigy
2 (or 4 if you're rich) Creative Labs card. Great audio.
First try looking for audio drivers from the Asus website.... and see if
they might do the trick.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows
"Sickmind69" <Sickmind69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:96945A92-2D24-4E19-AF03-389A68DB372C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Cari, Must have the Asus board then, since the chip is Intel
> P4SD-LA,
> I have alot of ASUS drivers embedded deep within the recesses of this grey
> box. so in order for you to be kind you are saying let it do what it can,
> but
> build one that can be customized, since also I probably will want two
> graphics board sometime in the future. I appreciate your info! Anyone have
> any idea on the sound problem?
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Do you want the good news or the bad news!
>>
>> All HP's motherboards are customized specially for them, (crippled or
>> mutilated is a word heard more often than customized!)
>>
>> In your case, according to this site it once originally was based on the
>> Asus A7V8X-LA...but that board mentioned is an Athlon XP CPU, not a P4
>> so.....
>>
>> http://www.elhvb.com/mboards/OEM/HP/
>>
>> If we look at just the GL6E part, it could also be a customized ECS
>> L4S5MG3
>> or an MS-6577 M-ATX Rev. 3.1. I'll rule out the ASUS P4GV-LA because it
>> has no AGP slot and just integrated graphics, but I have to rule in the
>> ASUS
>> P4SD-LA
>>
>> Now you have the information on which it could be, see if you can find
>> out
>> the chipset by downloading, installing and running Everest from
>> www.lavalys.com and it may be that it gives you a motherboard
>> manufacturer,
>> in which case you can rule some of the above out.... and start
>> researching
>> deeper by which chipset you have and therefore work out which board you
>> have
>> by that means!
>>
>> Depends on the PSU as to how far you can upgrade the graphics card... The
>> 6xxx and 7xxx series by nVidia need quite a lot of power and a separate
>> power lead.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>>
>>
>> "Sickmind69" <Sickmind69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:97E59539-87FD-4426-8C54-B8EAB9A245AC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Are there any ways to find out(without ripping the sides off) what type
>> > and
>> > model of motherboard I have?
>> >
>> > Does anyone one know just how far you can upgrade the video card too
>> > with
>> > this HP Pavillion M300y? Present Card is Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 but
>> > seem
>> > to
>> > have problem with jerky video when recording and no sound. Thought
>> > maybe
>> > it
>> > went bad. P4, 3Ghz, 1GB RAM. Updated Driver from Nvidia to no avail.
>> >
>> > Or would it be better to just go the PCI Express route and build a new
>> > puter
>> > for graphics and video copying?
>> >
>> > Opinions are welcome!
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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