# Video type: SDTV
# Type of system: combined front- and back-end
# Noise level: I can barely hear it from 5 feet away
# CASE: CHENBRO PC80568-170 (http://www.chenbro.com.tw/usa/product/product_preview.php?pid=76)
# PSU: 270W SPARKLE ATX 2.0
# MOTHERBOARD: MSI K8NGM2-FID http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8NGM2-FID&class=mb
# CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ Socket 939
# RAM: Corsair 512M PC-3200
# CPU HEATSINK: STOCK AMD COOLING
# NORTHBRIDGE HEATSINK: PASSIVE
# CD/DVD-RW: LG H10N DVD-RW 16X
# HDD: WDC Caviar 80G SATA 8MB 7200 (Will upgrade soon to a 250G)
# GRAPHICS CARD: Integrated nVidia 6150 GPU
# SOUNDCARD: Integrated Realtek ALC880 HD 7.1
# TUNER CARD: HAUPPAGE WINTV PVR-150 MCE (without IR control)
# REMOTE CONTROL: Sapphire Remote Control Bob (ATI USB RF)
Mobo Pros: Onboard TV-OUT! (with a bracket)
Didnt read the board manual before pluging in. Lost 2 days trying to figure out why my SVIDEO to COMPOSITE converter didnt work.
I just had to plug in the composite cable in the blue hole of the components (RGB) output. Works flawlessly in 720x576@60hz and 800x600@60hz.
Haven't touched the nvidia drivers. Worked out of the box.
Using R5D1, I had to update ALSA to get the sound detected:
(Adapted to my taste from this http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11218 and this http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10314 howto:
a) open a term window (i.e. Alt-x),
b) become super-user (su)
c) cd /usr/src
d) wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/a ... c2.tar.bz2
e) tar jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.13rc2.tar.bz2
f) cd alsa-driver-1.0.13rc2
g) ./configure
h) make
i) make install
Rebooted, and sound worked.
For under 500 bucks, I got a powerful and silent set-top box, with S-VIDEO in and out, composite/component out, 7.1 surround sound, coax in, remote control, etc.
