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| Author: | roofchop [ Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Need a new MOBO (or not) |
Yesterday I accidentally tried to "generate video thumbnails" and it seems to have crashed my km-box. I ctrl-alt-F1 to get to a prompt and rebooted. The box shutdown and never started. Fans run and power supply works but it will not POST. So I thought I would use this opportunity to upgrade the mobo, chip & ram and switch to km to R5.5. Also might be a good time to rid myself of my ATI video card. I would to be able to: 1) switch between DVI and VGA on the fly in KM, maybe with a restart of the X server. 2) run analog 5.1 surround sound, and 3) it would be cool to get mythwelcome to work to make things greener. Currently my pick is the: 1) AM2 ASUS M2N-VM DVI NF630A PCIE NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV $75 or 2) AM2+ ASUS M3N78-VM GF8200 $100 I would be interested to hear what others would suggest. Thanks, Josh |
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| Author: | marc.aronson [ Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:41 pm ] |
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I haven't used it yet, but I just ordered an MSI MOBO for $75 + shipping + tax -- see this thread for more info http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18890 What I like about it is: 1. Built in nvidia 7100 graphics and VGA, DVI ahd HDMI connectors. 2. Built in firewire / 1394. 3. Gigabit ethernet. 4. Works with the new low-power 45NM intel CPUs like the E8400. I don't know for sure if the ACPI wakeup stuff will work with it. |
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| Author: | roofchop [ Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:07 am ] |
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Well maybe I was bit quick thinking about buying new parts. I thought I should make sure things really weren't working, so I plugged my freshly tested PSU back into the mobo with nothing else and it posted, put the everything back together and everything works. Marc thanks for the suggestion, I have not been keeping up to date on new hardware. Those new intel chips seem like a very smart CPU to build a KM box around. For now I will keep using my old set since I have it. roofchop |
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