Hi,

Im in the process of setting up a knoppmyth box. Before i get down to work i wonder if you have any oppinions on this hardware conf. As far as i heave read in these forums i shouldnt get into too much trouble.

I will try to use some old scrap equipment to start with. If this turns out to be the best entertainment system ever i will uprade for my needs.

I have a old Dell dimention with:
2 * 663 MHz PIII coppermine
1 * GB memory
1 * 120 GB Seagate IDE
1 * Hauppauge 350 PVR (Ok, this is not old scrap)
1 * Soundblaster Live 5.1

Im hoping to use my 350 as my TV out aswell.

Can anyone give a tip on a silent DVD?

Thanx a bunch

/Pompa

I had issues with an old (several years) Dell oem soundblaster 5.1 card....you may want to read this if you get audio issues.
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1507&highlight=dell+soundblaster
I ended up using the onboard sound

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R5F1 - Dell P4 2.4Ghz 500MB - PVR250 x 2 - GeForce FX 5200 - Onboard sound/NIC 80GB ATA/250GB ATA/400GB SATA

Hi,

Over kill on the memory, 256 is good with 384 swap for backup area. I have it running on a L400c so I would suspect it will work on yours also. May have to didle with the audio setup.

I am sure you will have fun trying
Mike

Fortunatelly my SB 5.1 was not delivered with the dell box. I'll check the descrition on the web. if it is based on some weird chip, i wont spend alot of time on it.

Thanks guys.
I´m sure i will tell you how i proceed.

Hi.

If it has an on board audio, try that, may have to use the alsaconf. I usually have to add a modprobe in the bootmisc.sh as the "older, more mature" machines need that to load the driver. cs-4236, younger machines have the i810.

Mike

I'll give it a go first, i want to be able to connect it to some sort of suround? system. if everything else works fine i might buy a better card that someone have proven to work.

Cheers

Magnus