[mythtv] Myth box stability problem resolved (hangs, lockups)

[Henk Poley]

> Van: Colin Panisset <mythtv at clabber.com>
>> On Saturday 25 January 2003 03:48, Henk Poley spake thus:
>>> Van: Colin Panisset <mythtv at clabber.com>
>>>
>>> It turned out to be an L2 cache problem. Turning off the L2 cache ECC
>>> checking in the BIOS has fixed the problem, and the box appears solid
>>> now.
>>
>> [Snip]
>> I hope you understand this shouldn't happen and that your CPU is
>> actually broken then...
> 
> Actually, it looks now like it's the motherboard. I changed the CPU (a
> P3 1GHz) for a Celeron 800 I had in another machine; swapped the RAM
> over as well. The box now hangs partway through booting linux, and not
> always at the same place :(
> 
> If only I could get a replacement that'd actually fit inside the shuttle 
> box, but I can't find anywhere that sells FV25's, and the box itself has
> an FV24 inside it now.

Have you tried mailing Shuttle? If you explain that you first thought it
was some configuration problem, but after all -a couple of months later-
you came to the conclusion that it's the motherboard. I think they should
replace the board.

> I think it's time to dump the proprietary form factor, and go for a case 
> that won't look too out of place (or can hide in the closet) with a 
> conventional motherboard.

That's sad...

btw, MicroATX -Shuttles are MicroATX, isn't it?- is a known standard for
ages. It's defined somewhere in the '80s AFAIK.

	Henk Poley <><