[mythtv-users] my new frontend

Geoffrey Leach geoff at hughes.net
Fri Mar 13 16:06:22 UTC 2009


On 03/13/2009 08:47:09 AM, Mark J. Small wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I just put my new frontend into production yesterday to replace an
> aging box.  
> I had several goals for the replacement.
> 
> Enough guts to run more modern EMU's (playstation, N64)
> VPDAU capable for when 0.22 comes out.
> Suspend 2 Ram 
> Wakeup with remote
> No added noise
> Low power
> 
> 
> Well here are the specs for what I went with:
> 
>         Old frontend
> CPU: Pentium III 700 MHz Fanless
> MBoard: Asus MEW-AM MicroATX i810
> RAM: 384 MHz SDRAM
> Video: NVidia GF4MX (fanless)
> PS: Sparkle 250 W mATX
> Optical: DVD Drive
> No HD, boot over NFS
> Only fan was in the PS
> Serial IR receiver hidden behind hole for HD activity light
> 
>         New Frontend
> CPU: Pentium M 730 (1.6 GHz)
> MBoard: AOpem i915GMm-N
> RAM: 1 GB DDR2
> Video: NVidia 9500GT 1GB fanless
> PS: Same Sparkle 250W mATX
> Optical: Same DVD Drive
> Still NO HD, boot over NFS
> This one has a CPU fan, but it doesn't spin up until the CPU hits 60
> C. This 
> only happens with playstation emulation so far. 
> USB IR receiver hidden in floppy bay (the case has a molded slot over
> the 
> floppy bay, so it looks okay.
> 2 Wireless gamepads with receivers hidden in the front of the case
> behind the 
> plastic bezel:
> 	1 Saitek P2900
> 	1 Logitech Wireless Rumblepad
> 
> Everything is working pretty well so far.  The Logitech Rumblepad has
> a 
> terrible D-Pad on it though.  I find the picture looks a little
> saturated 
> with the new card on the TV out (SVideo) port.  I can probably fix 
> the
> 
> saturation easily.
> 
> 
> Next comes a new backend that will support SATA.
>
 
Slightly OT, but I'd be interested to know, 

  o Are you're running Linux?
  o Which disto/release?
  o Does suspend work?
  o What quirks you're using? (/var/log/pm-suspend.log on Fedora 10)

Thanks. 




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