[mythtv-users] OT: nForce2 -- the real scoop

[Sean]

I really haven't had that experience with my Shuttle MN31/N. It has been
quite a rock in terms of stability, speed and features so I couldn't be
happier. 
However, I do heartily agree that one or two bad experiences with components
tends to make you shy away from them for future uses. Have a great holiday!

-Sean


> Yeah, I'm kind of soured on Shuttle after a bad experience a couple of
> years ago.  I had all kinds of problems after adding RAM to my machine
> -- it actually ran slower!  I verified that it wasn't the RAM, then
> after days of Googling I discovered that the on-board cache (is that
> Level 3?) wouldn't handle more than 128MB, and I had just installed
> 256MB (up from 72MB).  I never did get to test if dropping down to
> 128MB fixed the problem, because while I had the case open I noticed
> that the CPU fan wasn't running, so I went to check the fan power
> wires, and when I plugged it back in like an idiot I cross-connected
> the fan power to a jumper on the board and fried it (smoke coming from
> your motherboard is usually not a good sign).