Hardware giveaway Part 3

[Stefan Skotte]

I can probably get hold of a 120gb maxtor 3.5" I could send your way.

Its only SATA-150, but I think its better than your current harddrive ;)


joey undis wrote:
> 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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>>
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