<div>Hi Jelte</div>
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<div>Thanks very much for your reply. I do think that I'm suffering from the DMA problem, but no matter what I try I can't seem to fix it. VIA haven't not been particularly helpful with it.</div>
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<div>I'd like to find a Micro-ITX board, then it'll fit in the Antec Fusion case. I've been hunting for a case that looks like it "should" live under the TV, and this is the best that I've found!</div>
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<div>I'm happy to use either AMD or Intel. I'm just bothered about noise/heat. </div>
<div>Processing power isn't much of an issue, but I'll need to be able to play DVDs - and it would be handy if I could do MPEG4 at some point in the future.</div>
<div><br>Any suggestions as to specific models/ranges that I should look at? I'm not all that good at hardware!</div>
<div>Thanks<br>Steve</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jelte Veldstra</b> <<a href="mailto:jelte.veldstra@gmail.com">jelte.veldstra@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div>Hello Steve,<br><br>What you encountered is probably an issue related to VIA chipsets and high DMA loads. The ivtv drivers give a big stream of DMA requests and various VIA chipsets choke on it. I encountered it myself too.
<br>So I would recommend to stay away from VIA chipsets altogether. If you want to stick to the ITX formfactor then I guess you need to look for Intel alternatives. If you're not stuck the ITX platform and don't need a lot of computing power (= power consumption) then a second hand PIII (socket 370 coppermine) might be worth considering.
<br><br>Regards,<br><br><br>Jelte<br><br>
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<div><span class="e" id="q_10ca189b4d935c50_1"><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">scamp</b> <<a title="mailto:scampgb@gmail.com" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:scampgb@gmail.com" target="_blank">
scampgb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></span></div>
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<div>I've been using MythTV on a Via EPIA MII-10000 for a little while now, but I've not been able to fix some annoying problems with regular system lockups. These happen at least once a day, and fsck has been quite busy of late.
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<div>I've been following a thread on the VIA website about it, which seems to conclude that it's a problem with one of the chipsets and it's not likely to be fixed.</div>
<div><br>So, I've decide to replace the thing. I've done a fair amount of browsing, but I'd like a little advice on a suitable motherboard.</div>
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<div>What I plan to build is:</div>
<div>Antec Fusion case (<a title="http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=08739 (http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=08739)" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=08739" target="_blank">
http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=08739</a>)</div>
<div>NVidia FX5200</div>
<div>Motherboard, processor & memory</div>
<div>Existing 300Gb IDE hard drive, PVR-350 & WinTV-Nova-T-USB2</div>
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<div>The NVidia FX5200 seems inexpensive and seems to have good support.</div>
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<div>I'm looking for a Mini-ITX motherboard that is reliable/stable under Linux. My preferred distro is Debian. I'm based in the UK, so something that's available here would help :-)</div>
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<div>This box will sit under my TV, so I'll need it to be really quiet. I'll be using it for SD recording, both from digital terrestrial and the S-Video input on the PVR-350 (connected to a satellite box).</div>
<div>I'd like to be able to use MythDVD and the visualisations on MythMusic.</div>
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<div>Would someone be kind enough to point me in the right direction?</div>
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<div>Thanks :-)</div>
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<div>Steve</div>
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