[mythtv-users] OT - Hunting a MoBo.....

Jason But jbut at swin.edu.au
Wed Jun 25 22:51:52 UTC 2014


> On 25 Jun 2014, at 18:33, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hoi Andre,
>>
>> Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 4:28:13 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 25 Jun 2014, at 14:14, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 21 June 2014 18:10, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> OK
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking at building a new media server that doubles as my primary
>>>>> myth server as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Given that storage requirements are the main driving force these days
>>>>> I've decided on the DS380 8 x 3.5" Bay case
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=452
>>>> Been in a similar situation a few months ago.
>>>> I purchased an ASRock E3C224.
>>>> It's a Pro card, it doesn't have DisplayPort out but it has VGA but
>>>> you'll never need it as this cards supports IPMI / iKVM
>>>>
>>>> It works with Intel 1150 socket, supports ECC RAM and has every
>>>> peripheral you could ever want: PCI 32bits, PCIe, serial, the lot.
>>>> 8 SATA ports
>>> Apologies for the hijack but…
>>> I didn’t consider Asrock, didn’t think much of them but this board looks promising.
>>> Have you used the PCI slots, I’d really like more than 2 but this might be a possibility?
>>> Andre
>>
>> My experience with asrock is that their acpi implementation is not
>> fully compatible under linux. I have experienced problems with two
>> boards on that count.
> Thanks, that doesn’t surprise me, I also found this about the PCI bridge on that board:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1484406
>
> Which is why I asked if Jean Yves had used the PCI slots.
This is precisely the error I was referring to with my Motherboard and yes I 
can confirm that a PCI capture card with the ASM1083 chip does not function 
properly

> I’m less excited now...
>
> I restrict my motherboard purchasing to Gigabyte, Asus and Supermicro and even those have a host of issues.
>
> Andre
>
>> Tot mails,
>>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
>> Het eeuwige dilemma
>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>>
>> De lerende Mens
>>
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Jason


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