[mythtv-users] two and one

Curtis Stanford curtis at stanfordcomputing.com
Tue May 13 15:49:08 EDT 2003



James Knight wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 03:12  PM, Curtis Stanford wrote:
> 
>>> 3) the technical question: I think the Shuttle cases are gorgeous little
>>> boxes, and am thinking of one as an all-in-one mythtv box.  Anyone had
>>> experience, good or bad, with using the onboard audio and s-video from
>>> shuttle in conjunction with mythtv?  (Specifically, audio: Realtek 
>>> ALC650,
>>> video: VIA Savage8)  If I could get away with just putting a hauppage 
>>> card
>>> in there and not needing a separate gfx or sound board, the machine 
>>> begins
>>> to look nice and lean (and more importantly, cooler and cheaper).
>>
>>
>> I had a Shuttle (AMD/nvidia2) and was never successful getting the 
>> built in video to work right. In my experience, Shuttles are also 
>> noisy little bastards. The fan whine would go up and down constantly, 
>> driving me nutso. I've been told that replacing the stock fan with 
>> something else would help. However, I ended up taking mine back.
> 
> 
> If you want reliable advice about the Shuttle PCs you really need to 
> specify which model you're talking about. There is no one "Shuttle." The 
> amount of noise varies greatly depends on the model. I'm running MythTV 
> on the SK41G. It is *VERY* quiet. I understand the SK41G2 isn't nearly 
> as quiet because it has an extra fan for the nVidia chipset. The model 
> that the SK41G replaced (SK40G) was reportedly very noisy as well.
> 
> The built in video (including TV-out) works fine, as does the built-in 
> LAN and audio.
> 
> James
> 

I thought "AMD/nvidia2" would suffice since there is only one Shuttle 
with that combination (SN41G2 or something like that). I've heard from 
more than one person (including myself) that it's louder than a fart in 
church.

Good to know that the SK41G is quieter.

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