[mythtv-users] Failing hardware & FE/BE replacement feedback

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Mon Jan 31 12:06:22 UTC 2011


On 22 January 2011 10:53, Anthony Giggins <seven at seven.dorksville.net>wrote:

> I've been given initial management go ahead to look at a replacement
> Combinded FE/BE due to the current motherboard failing (it was secondhand
> when I got it) basically it just freezes during high network load (ie
> transfering video files via the onboard sky2 gigabit network card) initially
> the issue started with just the network failing (required ifdown eth0
> followed by ifup eth0 to restore) but probably due to upgrading the network
> switch to gigabit its now escalating the issue to full system freezes.
>
> When the issue occurs there is nothing in the logs which makes me think the
> motherboard is failing?
>
> Anyway I have a Core 2 Duo CPU laying around unused would I be better off
> using this or go the whole hog and upgrade to i5 or i7 and possibly get more
> cores for transcoding & commflagging etc (will keep the nvidia GT240 for
> video decoding)
>
> Also the LGA775 boards I've seen only have 4 or 5 Sata ports so having
> possibly more on the i5/i7 board is also a plus :) and any power savings are
> a bonus but not required.
>
> Please if you have any recommendations let me know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anthony
>

No one has any suggestions or advice?
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