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- Jan 1, 2000
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- My Satellite Setup
- 1 GigaBlue Quad plus, 1 Dreambox 5620, MOTECK SG2100A DISEqC Motor, 120 cm noname offset dish, Humax 95 cm offset dish and a few UK digiboxes.
- My Location
- Somewhere where the Sauer is Kraut and the Wurst is Brat
So, I got this Gigablue Quad plus, and it has been working FAULTLESSLY for the past couple of weeks.
I played with a few things, great.
For recording, I had a 30 GB USB stick at the rear, but after I recorded some HD stuff it was full. So I decided to install an internal HDD (you can also connect it externally, but I think you need a power source for that). As the Giga came with a cable to connect the HDD internally, 4 screws and a rubber cushion I thought I'd give it a go. I was also curious how that thing looks inside . I had an old 120 GB hard drive from my old notebook that was gathering dust, so this is how it went (see the text between the pitures)
Opening the box and taking the lead was dead easy. Looks nice and clean inside, and I saw that they already prepared a place to fit the HDD, its that metal support that is bolted with 4 bolts to the motherboard and base.
I removed the HDD bracket first, the SATA and power connectors were suck into the mother board, where it says "SATA" and "HDD PWR". Simples!!
Then I looked at the soft rubber pad that came with the Giga, it turns out these are 4 rubber rings with a sticky back. I figured out these are to isolate the vibrations of the HDD from the bracket, so I stuck them in between and connected the HDD to the bracket with the supplied screws, from the underside of the bracket. Also straight forward, really easy.
Then I bolted the bracket with the HDD back to the box, and connected the plug. Put everything back together, and once the box was up and running initiated the HDD via the settings, easy. Done some recording, seems to work. Really a great box, this Gigablue!!
I played with a few things, great.
For recording, I had a 30 GB USB stick at the rear, but after I recorded some HD stuff it was full. So I decided to install an internal HDD (you can also connect it externally, but I think you need a power source for that). As the Giga came with a cable to connect the HDD internally, 4 screws and a rubber cushion I thought I'd give it a go. I was also curious how that thing looks inside . I had an old 120 GB hard drive from my old notebook that was gathering dust, so this is how it went (see the text between the pitures)
Opening the box and taking the lead was dead easy. Looks nice and clean inside, and I saw that they already prepared a place to fit the HDD, its that metal support that is bolted with 4 bolts to the motherboard and base.
I removed the HDD bracket first, the SATA and power connectors were suck into the mother board, where it says "SATA" and "HDD PWR". Simples!!
Then I looked at the soft rubber pad that came with the Giga, it turns out these are 4 rubber rings with a sticky back. I figured out these are to isolate the vibrations of the HDD from the bracket, so I stuck them in between and connected the HDD to the bracket with the supplied screws, from the underside of the bracket. Also straight forward, really easy.
Then I bolted the bracket with the HDD back to the box, and connected the plug. Put everything back together, and once the box was up and running initiated the HDD via the settings, easy. Done some recording, seems to work. Really a great box, this Gigablue!!