[mythtv-users] Need to quiet my frontend...

mythtv at blandford.net mythtv at blandford.net
Wed Mar 25 18:22:23 UTC 2009


James Pifer wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 11:06 -0700, mythtv at blandford.net wrote:
>> James Pifer wrote:
>>> I have a frontend system in the bedroom. It's a slim form factor Compaq
>>> D5S/P1.7 running mythdora 5. The system is fairly quiet except for the
>>> hard drive. What are people doing to quiet these down? 
>>>
>>> I tried installing the system to a flash drive, but the install keeps
>>> failing. Not sure it will run well enough off a flash drive anyway. 
>>>
>>> The other possibility is running off the network. Anybody doing this
>>> successfully?
>> I just use minimyth and boot from the network.  It works great for me. 
>> I pulled the hard drive out of the frontend and have never regretted it.
> 
> I'm going to look at minimyth. You have it working with remote? Right
> now I'm using an MCE USB IR. Works great with mythdora. Simple to setup
> too. 

I also have the MCE USB IR.  It works great with minimyth.  I even have 
the box go to sleep when you press the power button on the remote and it 
wakes back up using the power button on the remote.  The frontend now 
truly acts like an appliance.

Michael


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