Skystar2 pci and nforce4 chipset- Warning!

[woodlouse]

Having discovered that I can't use my Skystar2 pci in my new motherboard (Asus A8N SLi), I thought it worthwhile starting a new thread to highlight the issue, which has resulted in some people damaging their motherboards.
See this link:-
_http://www.dvbviewer.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7761&st=0&p=63636&

I would also like some advice on what to do now, as I need a Skystar2 compatible Socket 939 motherboard, which will accept my AMD64 4000 cpu and my nvidia 7800gt pci/e graphics card.
Any suggestions as to what would be best?
Thanks
Woody

[kamaleon]

yes, it's something to do with a lack of voltage on the pci bus on that mobo

i have a msi neo4 platinum nforce4 ultra running sweet with ss2

you might also want to check out the new geforce 6150 onboard gpu µatx mobos

[pinkerton]

I'm on my second Asus A8N MB which has now gone belly up, and I have read various reports of it not likeing TV cards in general. I have ordered a Skystar USB and probably have to RMA the second motherboard.
These things should come with a warning!

[kamaleon]

i'm very very glad i didn't get one of those mobos...
i think there's a thread in dvbnetwork, otherwise should google for it. maybe abit, epox, dfi, gigabyte, msi all work fine with pci device like the ss2...

[FraserGJ]

Oh dear, that doesn't sound good for me. Not good at all

[pinkerton]

Well I have RMA'd the Asus and am now the owner of a DFI lan Party Extreme. Someone stated on another forum that he was running the skystar2 on a DFI Nforce motherboard, only thing is I'm terrified to try it! I dont want to see a third board die on me, I think my retailer must think I buy them and throw them at the wall.

[woodlouse]

Best of luck Pinkerton.
If you do decide to take the plunge, let us know if it works.
I just bought a Twinhan Starbox USB2 to use with my ASUS board.
Can't get the bl**dy thing to work though

[BGonaSTICK]

I read somewhere yersterday that a very high percentage of the Starboxes have been returned as faulty. Try a Google search.

[woodlouse]

Got the Twinhan box working now, it came with a duff USB cable!
Seems to work fine with My theatre and plug-ins.
HDTV looks good on it as well
Couldn't get it work with Progdvb though, prog freezes when scanning for channels
Not yet worked out how to move the moteck from MT without USALS, is this possible?

[pinkerton]

OK, I went for it and I'm glad I did!
Skystar2 PCI working fine on a DFI Lan party Nforce4 Extreme. Even rebooted a couple of times and all seems well (touch wood). So all I can say is never use a Asus Nforce4 with a skystar2.
Skystar USB going on Ebay tommorrow as surplus to requirements.

[woodlouse]

Pleased to hear it works.
Just for the record could you give the model number of your DFI board, if my Twinhan box goes belly up I might need to get one.
Also, are you using your SS2 to drive a motor?

[pinkerton]

I bought this board: _http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=3872&C ATEGORY_TYPE=LP&SITE=US

I have a motor but not set it up yet, so watch this space

[D4ftpunk]

Im using a gigabyte K8NXP-9 motherboard which is nforce4 and my skystar2 works perfectly, the K8NXP-9 has a DPS card in it. which makes power nice simply heh.

Try it

[pinkerton]

Whats DPS?