[mythtv-users] SN41G2 (amd) Shuttle and MythTV

[Rob Snow]

I'm sure Alan knows about 10x more than I do, however, I'm currently 
running a pair of NForce boxes next to each other under Linux alone.  I 
actually only intended on having one, but due to a nifty issue with 
NForce boards and overclocking I ended up buying two since I 
thought I burned one out. (Once a overclock goes bad FSB/pure MHz it 
takes a couple of jumpers to to reset it...I didn't know this). 
 
My main MythTV box is a MSI K7N2 NForce2 with onboard network 
and sound.  Works like a charm under Mandrake 9.1/Cooker with a 
GF4 4200 after I compiled the needed drivers.  Only downside is that 
under the current 2.4.21 from MDK it's stuck at a UDMA33 drive so I'm 
only seeing 31.x MB/sec with my 120GB 7200rpm drive. 
 
The second box (actually the first one I bought) is a A7N266C 
(NForce1) running Gentoo and is working like a charm, it will 
eventually be my mythbox.  Currently using a old Millenium, 384MB of 
PC2100 I found around the house, $5-10 network and sound 
(CMIPCI) and a old 10GB drive. 
 
Both have been running for several weeks on end now with a 
constant seti at home load on them.  Main box is running CVS mythtv 
and records at least 4-5 shows a day (stress testing) while the 
second is currently doing my mencoder work via NFS. 
 
Oh, to give an idea of speed, the first box NF2 is doing seti blocks @ 
3:08 (@1916MHz/166/CL2) and the second is running them @ 3:41 
(1667/133/CL2.5).  Both are 1800+ (1533MHz) with various 
overclocking added in. 
 
-Rob 
 
 
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:10:45 -0800 (PST), Jason James wrote 
> There are a lot of unresolved problems with the nforce 
> chipset under Linux. Kernel guru Alan Cox says the 
> chipset is best for "winputers." 
>  
> There are some IDE DMA fixes for nforce in the latest 
> 2.4.21-pre4 and higher kernels. I haven't tried them 
> yet, but want to because they fix some of the issues 
> that cause kernel OOPses and hopefully will fix some 
> of the performance problems I'm seeing with MythTV. 
> Right now, my nforce based system (ASUS A7N266-VM) 
> crashes frequently while using MythTV. 
[SNIP] 
> >  
> > Thanks. 
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