Hardware giveaway Part 3

[joey undis]

It's a SATA.

On 10/11/07, Ahmed Osman <ashex at chipnick.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the advice. I don't know anyone else who has built a mini-itx
> mce, so I was practically flying blind, and a couple friends working on the
> mythbuntu project said they needed evia testers, so that's what I went for
> :)
>
> -Ahmed
>
> On 10/11/07, Stefan Skotte <sfs at enhance-it.dk> wrote:
> >
> > Well, the board is a pain to get to work in multimedia kind of things.
> > Just recently the sound got into the kernel, but still hardware
> > acceleration on Xv is a problem.
> >
> > Go for a cheap core duo mini-itx motherboard, like the KINO-9452 (i945GM
> >
> > based), you'll get better support for the graphics, higher IO
> > throughput, and no problem with drivers.
> >
> > Then grab something like core 2 duo T5500 (which will outperform the VIA
> > EPIA in any way), and you're all set for decoding video and dvd without
> > problems.
> >
> > There are alot of vendors of these boards, but no-one supports
> > powermanagement better than IEI (their bios is superb). If you need DVI
> > support, get the SDVO addon or KINO-9453 which has native DVI (I have
> > one that runs 1920x1200 without problems)..
> >
> > (Stay away from Commell LV-6xx series, unless you must have a PCIe
> > slot).
> >
> > Hope some of the above can help you..
> >
> > -stefan
> >
> > Ahmed Osman wrote:
> > > It's a pity I didn't see that sooner. I'm building a Via box for
> > testing
> > > Mythbuntu and that's the board I was planning on getting :p
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Ahmed
> > >
> > > On 10/11/07, Stefan Skotte <sfs at enhance-it.dk> wrote:
> > >> Hi All,
> > >>
> > >> I've once again been looking through my stash of hardware, and found
> > >> something that I would like to donate to anyone in need
> > >> (development/testing/qa etc.):
> > >>
> > >> * VIA EPIA EX-15000G (1.5Ghz)
> > >> * 1 GB Crucial DDR Memory
> > >> * 100 GB 2.5" harddrive
> > >> * Morex 2688 Case with 62W PSU (euro outlet, but easily exchangeable)
> > >>
> > >> It's not a speed devil, but runs kubuntu very nicely.
> > >>
> > >> Write a small note to me, why you would want this little machine and
> > we
> > >> can discuss the details.
> > >>
> > >> Its not my intention to flood this mailinglist with offtopic stuff,
> > but
> > >> the hardware is just gathering dust here, and it might aswell do some
> > >> good.
> > >>
> > >> Kind regards,
> > >> Stefan Skotte
> > >>
> > >>
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