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Mce 2005

  • 19-11-2005 3:46pm
    #1
    karltimber
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    About to setup MCE tomorrow on a living room quiet pc.

    Question - is it possible within MCE to put the pc into hibernation/sleep mode for a few days when in work or not using it but the pc being able to awake itself to record a program ??

    Thx


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  • #2
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,531 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Yes, my media PC will turn itself on for scheduled recordings, and then switch itself off 15 minutes after the recording has completed.

    Ideally all components (Motherboard, network card, etc) should support S1 and S3.


  • #3
    daveg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭daveg


    Is support for EPG in Ireland live yet?


  • #4
    karltimber
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭karltimber


    Krusty_Clown wrote:
    Ideally all components (Motherboard, network card, etc) should support S1 and S3.


    here is a list of my components --do you forsee any probelms ??

    will try to load up mce today

    incl 3.2 P4
    NEC DVD±RW burner, ND-3540A, 16x,
    Bitspower Silent Storm 120mm
    Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA
    SMC EZ Connect Wireless G PCI 54 Mbps 802.11g, WPA, RP-SMA connector
    MSI 915P Combo2-F, I915P, Socket-775,
    SATAII, ATX, GbLAN, DDR/DDR2, PCI-Ex16
    TwinMOS DDR2 PC4300 256MB CL4 * 2

    thx


  • #5
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Is support for EPG in Ireland live yet?

    yup: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;900325&sd=rss&spid=7024

    incl 3.2 P4
    NEC DVD±RW burner, ND-3540A, 16x,
    Bitspower Silent Storm 120mm
    Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB SATA
    SMC EZ Connect Wireless G PCI 54 Mbps 802.11g, WPA, RP-SMA connector
    MSI 915P Combo2-F, I915P, Socket-775,
    SATAII, ATX, GbLAN, DDR/DDR2, PCI-Ex16
    TwinMOS DDR2 PC4300 256MB CL4 * 2

    Specs wise, its well up to scratch.


    No mention of what graphics card you are using....fairly important if you want to make the most of MCE. Nvidia seems to support widescreen res's better. Ideallu have 128MB of texture memory for HDTV content

    No mention of what tv card you plan using either, the Hauppage PVR500 has dual tuners. This means that you can watch a station, while you record another. Drivers were an issue at an earlier stage for this card, but this seems to be sorted now.
    Have a looksie here:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/partners/dfw/partnerlisting.mspx


  • #6
    karltimber
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 1,921 Mod ✭✭✭✭karltimber


    here are the other two items

    I am using a Haugpauge PVR150 with remote for now at least

    and this

    Sapphire Radeon X700 256MB DDR, PCI-Express, Tv-Out, DVI-I, Lite-Retail

    --

    thx


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  • #7
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    karltimber wrote:
    here are the other two items

    I am using a Haugpauge PVR150 with remote for now at least

    and this

    Sapphire Radeon X700 256MB DDR, PCI-Express, Tv-Out, DVI-I, Lite-Retail

    --

    thx


    yea, your suckin Diesel with that. Good luck with the new MCE Rig


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