Hardware giveaway Part 3

[joey undis]

Joseph Undis
309 Van Buren Ave S
Edina, Minnesota 55343, USA

On 10/11/07, Stefan Skotte <sfs at enhance-it.dk> wrote:
>
> Mail me your address, and I will see what I can do.
>
> joey undis wrote:
> > Anything is better than what I have now...
> >
> > On 10/11/07, Stefan Skotte <sfs at enhance-it.dk> wrote:
> >> Oh, if they need testers directly for VIA stuff ofcourse you should use
> >> that, maybe mythbuntu can provide solutions for the missing stuff as
> >> part of the distro (I just gave up on it).
> >>
> >> I know it can work, but the documentation I found at via.com.tw is not
> >> exactly amazing (read: incomplete), and the openchrome driver doesn't
> >> support CX700M2 (VIA UniChrome™ Pro II 3D/2D AGP) yet..
> >>
> >> Also I noticed throughout my testing that when harddrive is working,
> the
> >> cpu easily tops 50%, and above. So the IO bandwidth is not that good.
> >>
> >> Dont get me wrong, its ok for a desktop and will do that just fine. But
> >> the lack of support for 1080p (hardware cant handle it), and these
> >> quirks on drivers, I just didnt think it was worth it.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Stefan
> >>
> >>
> >> Ahmed Osman 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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