[mythtv-users] LiveTV and Recording

[Matt Beland]

Michael T. Dean said:
> Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
>> Any server mobo will support that. Many of the better  workstation
>> mobos also have no trouble.
>
> True, and nice if I'm buying new hardware to use as a server, but I'm
> trying to use old "desktop PC's" for light-duty servers (fast enough for
> the purpose, less power-hungry than current systems, and less heat
> production).  It's annoying having to plug a keyboard/mouse/video into
> my systems to boot them up.  (My P100MMX actually doesn't require
> video--it just beeps *really* loud without it--but my K6-2/380 does
> require video.)

For systems where loud POST beeps are the only problem - have you
considered pulling the PC speaker? It won't hurt anything, and it keeps
the machine from making unwanted noise.

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Matt Beland
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