[mythtv-users] I think my motherboard isbroken.Anyrecommendations for a new one exclusively for MythTV use

[cmisip]

Update: I installed an Antec Truepower 550 power supply and the system
works fine again.  Thanks for all the advice.




On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 23:17, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Friday, Sep 5, 2003, at 20:30 US/Pacific, cmisip wrote:
> 
> > what power supply wattage do you have to power all those drives?
> 
> A fairly expensive 460W NMB one. One of like only two power supplies 
> that works with the motherboard (Tyan Thunder K7). It's not a standard 
> ATX power supply. Anyhow, there isn't a whole lot in the machine 
> besides the motherboard, drives and controllers. It's got video and 
> dual NICs onboard, and functions a dedicated server, so real need for 
> any other devices. Not sure how it would hold up if there were more 
> stuff in there, like say a high-powered video card.
> 
> --Jarod
> 
> > On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 00:33, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> >> On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 22:22 US/Pacific, Joe Votour wrote:
> >>
> >>> Note that they show up as extra drives, if you have the correct 
> >>> module compiled.  :)  These cards require the Promise IDE driver.
> >>
> >> I never had to compile anything for them. They were supported by a 
> >> stock Red Hat Linux 9 install. With other distros, ymmv, but with Red 
> >> Hat, they are supported out of the box (I've also got a Red Hat Linux 
> >> 7.3 box with one in it, never had to compile anything, so Red Hat 
> >> supports them out of the box at least that far back).
> >>
> >> --Jarod
> >>
> >>
> >>> --- "Jarod C. Wilson" <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 20:12 US/Pacific,
> >>>> mediaserver wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Maxtor, recognizing the problem that large hard drives pose to 
> >>>>> some ATA interfaces, ships ATA PCI controllers with some of their 
> >>>>> larger hard drives which have chipset support for large hard 
> >>>>> drives.   I have no idea on the level of official (or unofficial) 
> >>>>> LINUX support for these Maxtor-sourced ATA controllers.
> >>>>
> >>>> Those are typically Promise cards with a Maxtor sticker thrown on 
> >>>> top. I've got a few of them myself. All the ATA/100 and ATA/133 PCI 
> >>>> cards I've got work flawlessly under Linux without needing any 
> >>>> special drivers. They are just seen as additional ATA drives, and 
> >>>> the drives show up as /dev/hd[e-h] for the first one, /dev/hd[i-l] 
> >>>> for the second, etc., assuming you have two onboard connectors. >>>> I've
> >>>> got a machine with 3 of these cards in it (hooked to 5x120GB WD 8MB 
> >>>> cache drives, software
> >>>> RAID-5'd :) running Red Hat Linux 9.
> >>>> --Jarod