Need some advice:
Currently running Ver 8.3 with a 1480 PCI 16 channel card (ver 2.01) installed
Intel P4 Dual CPU E2200 2.20GHZ
ASUS PSGC-MX/1333 MOBO
1 gig ram
XP SP3
I've added a second card, GV1480A PCI-E 16 channel V3.1, from another PC, and would like to combine the two for 32 channels. I do understand that these PC specs maybe too slow for 32 cams, but can upgrade that, if I know this combination can work.
I installed the 1480A PCI-E. I booted the system up. It prompted for drivers, installed drivers and rebooted again, After the main system loaded and logging in, I only see the original 16 cams from the 1480 PCI card. Had one cam connected to Video 1 on PCI-E, what should have been Cam17
Questions:
Are the 2 card versions (2.01 and 3.1) not compatible? (I read somewhere, I couldn't use 2 gv1480 PCI cards together, but to use a 1480 PCI and a 1480A PCI-E)
Do I need to do a fresh install?
Upgrade from V8.3?
Or simply configure it somewhere?
Have 2 months of recorded data that I'd hate to lose, if I have to completely remove current version and install a newer version.
Anyway, would appreciate some insight and advice.
Thanks, Jay