[mythtv-users] A8N-VM CSM success

[Jurgen Kramer]

On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 13:55 -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 5/8/06, James C. Dastrup <jc at dastrup.com> wrote:
> > >Thanks for the update, I'm trying to decide between this board and the
> > >MSI K8NGM2-FID, which has the same video.  What's the issue with
> > >the NIC?  I could have swore I saw emails from others who were using
> > >the NIC succesfully...
> > >
> >
> > Possibly nothing. I didn't even try it for three reason:
> > 1) I heard some people having issues with it doing random disconnects,
> > most likely driver related with older kernels.
> > 2) The driver is in the 10/100 section of the kernel config, and not in
> > the 1000 section - seems strange to me if it's a gig card....
> > 3) I had a tried & true gig PCI card and an empty slot.
> 
> Neither of these boards come with digital audio output? What a huge
> ommision! I'd be more than willing to give up two useless USB2 ports
> for an optical or digital audio output so this board can properly be
> used for HDTV...
> 
Unfortunately my MSI K8NGM2-FID also came without a SPDIF connector,
newer versions should have it now. I had to buy a original MSI SPDIF
bracket (coaxial) and even modify that one (!) to get digital sound. I'd
rather have optical out but...