[mythtv-users] OT - Hunting a MoBo.....

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Andre,

Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 7:06:28 PM, you wrote:


> On 25 Jun 2014, at 18:33, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hoi Andre,
>> 
>> Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 4:28:13 PM, you wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 25 Jun 2014, at 14:14, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> On 21 June 2014 18:10, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> OK
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm looking at building a new media server that doubles as my primary
>>>>> myth server as well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Given that storage requirements are the main driving force these days
>>>>> I've decided on the DS380 8 x 3.5" Bay case
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=452
>>>> 
>>>> Been in a similar situation a few months ago.
>>>> I purchased an ASRock E3C224.
>>>> It's a Pro card, it doesn't have DisplayPort out but it has VGA but
>>>> you'll never need it as this cards supports IPMI / iKVM
>>>> 
>>>> It works with Intel 1150 socket, supports ECC RAM and has every
>>>> peripheral you could ever want: PCI 32bits, PCIe, serial, the lot.
>>>> 8 SATA ports
>> 
>>> Apologies for the hijack but…
>> 
>>> I didn’t consider Asrock, didn’t think much of them but this board looks promising.
>> 
>>> Have you used the PCI slots, I’d really like more than 2 but this might be a possibility?
>> 
>>> Andre
>> 
>> 
>> My experience with asrock is that their acpi implementation is not
>> fully compatible under linux. I have experienced problems with two
>> boards on that count.

> Thanks, that doesn’t surprise me, I also found this about the PCI bridge on that board:

> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1484406

> Which is why I asked if Jean Yves had used the PCI slots.

> I’m less excited now...

> I restrict my motherboard purchasing to Gigabyte, Asus and
> Supermicro and even those have a host of issues.

> Andre

>> 
>> Tot mails,
>>  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>> 
>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
>> Het eeuwige dilemma
>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>> 
>> De lerende Mens
>> 

Look also at msi they tend to have more legacy parts like ps/2 so
possibly their implementation is better. With my current msi board I
only have problems with older sata2 drives.



Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
Zonder leven is er geen hoop
Het eeuwige dilemma
Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"

De lerende Mens