On 2/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike Angstadt</b> <<a href="mailto:daenris@gmail.com">daenris@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 2/20/07, Chris Weiland <<a href="mailto:hobbiticus@gmail.com">hobbiticus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hmm...I don't know how I missed that board. It even has a DVI output unlike<br>> most boards I've seen. That board is absolutely perfect. Thanks!
<br>><br>><br>> On 2/20/07, Bryan Mayland <<a href="mailto:bmayland@leoninedev.com">bmayland@leoninedev.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > I have an ASUS M2NPV-VM microATX Socket AM2 motherboard and use the
<br>> firewire to control a Pace 550 cable box (recording doesn't work due to a<br>> lack of PAT/PMT in the stream). I've never had a problem with it other than<br>> the orginal bios didn't support the my memory's voltage. That has since
<br>> been fixed.<br>> ><br>> > Anyway the onboard firewire works fine, and I can record just fine using<br>> the test-mpeg2 application up to 1080i/AC3 so it even seems to work on<br>> higher load tasks.
<br>> ><br>> > Chris Weiland wrote:<br>> ><br>> > I should probably add that I'm looking at AMD Socket AM2 motherboards.<br>> This is so that I can upgrade my existing computer to a dual core cpu and
<br>> use my "old" 3800+ in my mythtv box. I also like having an nvidia IGC<br>> because of nvidia's linux driver support.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 2/20/07, Willy Boyd <<a href="mailto:willyboyd@gmail.com">
willyboyd@gmail.com</a> > wrote:<br>> > > The ASUS M2NPV-VM is microATX and has one onboard FireWIre port, along<br>> > > with internal headers for expansion. NewEgg carries it, so they<br>> > > likely have others as well. Though I have posted my own problems, I
<br>> > > don't blame the board (yet) because there are so many other variables<br>> > > that are more likely at fault (cable signal, networking, running SVN,<br>> > > etc).<br>> > >
<br>> > > On 2/20/07, Chris Weiland <<a href="mailto:hobbiticus@gmail.com">hobbiticus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > > The motherboard that I'm getting for my mythtv box does not have a<br>> firewire
<br>> > > > port. (Apparently none of the microATX motherboards from newegg do)<br>> So,<br>> > > > I'm going to have to get a firewire card. The firewire wiki page<br>> implies<br>> > > > that not all firewire makes are equal, and some will work well and
<br>> some will<br>> > > > not work at all. Is this still the case these days?<br>> > > ><br>> > > > There are only a few chipsets listed on the page, and it's often<br>> difficult
<br>> > > > to figure out which chipset is on firewire cards. If anyone could<br>> suggest a<br>> > > > working (and cheap) card, that would be great. I'm going to be using<br>> it<br>> > > > with an SA 3250, so if you have experience with that particular cable
<br>> box,<br>> > > > that would be even better.<br>> > > ><br><br>I see 5 in-stock AMD socket AM2 microATX motherboards with Firewire on<br>Newegg. Another out of stock, and then an open-box special.
<br><br>-Mike<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">
http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br>Yeah - I did a search last night for "micro atx 1394" and "micro atx firewire", both of which returned 0 results. Then the few micro atx boards I did look at did not have firewire ports.
<br><br>Also, what problems have you been having with your firewire? I'm currently using the SB audigy port on my main machine, and I get frequent hard locks that require a reset. I'm kinda hoping that it's the interface/driver and the port on this motherboard won't have this issue.
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<br>Lastly, If I get an motherboard like that with an
integrated graphics card, how much ram should I plan on getting? All
I'm going to run on this is mythtv, and I am planning on using it for
HD content (recording over firewire or my pchdtv 5500). I was planning
on 512 - is this enough?<br>