Hi,

I just saw this system advertised on techbargains.com. Seems like one heck of good deal... but the big question is... Does it work with KnoppMyth or not? Its got a VIA chipset which I understand to be a bit dicey. Has anyone tried this system motherboard?


If it works, it's be one heck of a deal...

Thanks!

Andrew Lynch


http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid ... vtAkmzabxa




** Package includes:
11-Bay ATX Case w/450W Power Supply (Black and Red)
-11-bay ATX Computer Case
- Power Cord
- 450 Watt Power Supply (preinstalled)
- Screw Pack
Biostar M7VIG 400 Socket A mATX MB w/AMD Sempron 2200+
CPU
- Biostar M7VIG Socket A Motherboard
- AMD Sempron 2200+ Socket A CPU w/Heatsink and Fan
- Drivers and Utilities CD
- Application Pack CD
- User's Manual
- One (1) 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable
- One (1) floppy disk cable
- I/O shield
BenQ Double Layer 16x4x2.4 DVD±RW IDE Drive (Black)
- BenQ DW1620 DVD±RW IDE Drive
- Software with Sonic RecordNow, InterVideo WinCinema,
BenQ QVideo 2.0,....
.....Book Type Management, User's Manual
- Quick Installation Guide
Mitsumi 1.44MB Black Floppy Disk Drive
Genica 108-Key Black PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 3-Button 3D Optical Scroll Mouse (Grey and Red)




** Biostar M7VIG 400 Socket A mATX Motherboard
w/Sempron 2200+ CPU Features:
Socket A AMD Sempron 2200+ CPU INCLUDED
VIA KM266 Pro+ VT8235 chipset
Socket A
microATX form factor
200/266/333 MHz system interface speed
Supports up to 2.0 GB DDR266/333/400 SDRAM
S3 UniChrome Pro 2D/3D Graphics
64 MB Shared Memory
C-Media CMI9761A 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC
VIA VT6103 ethernet controller

It's up to you, but I have a personal policy which states that I will not use any VIA bios on a MythTV box. (Yes, I have to update my sig.) My experience, and the reports of others has been that the bios is not able to keep up with the large number of DMA requests that video capture requires.

Your experience may be different however.

-Rusty

_________________
Master:
- AMD 1800XP on a MSI KT4V motherboard, via KT400 bios
- 120 G Segate Baracuda /, /cache, /myth, swap
- 200 G Segate Baracuda /myth/tv
- 3 Haupauge! WinTV PVR250s
- 19" Daewoo Monitor (1280x1024 ni)

the 266 might not be able to keep up ... i havent had any problems with the kt400 related to DMA requests
but as always ymmv
as a side note ... if you can get a cheap soundblaster .. go for it .. it'll save some headaches tryin to get the ac97 workin
here's my lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device b198
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Galileo Technology Ltd.: Unknown device 1fa6 (rev 07)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
00:0b.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc: Unknown device 0016 (rev 01)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0322 (rev a1)

LOL .. goofy but it works