On 1/2/2012 2:06 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Monday, January 02, 2012 01:47:39 PM gene heskett did opine: > > [...] > >> With regard to a bad hal file killing the machine, I am now beginning to >> lean toward a flaky psu, its not liking 50F ambient temps in the shop, >> and has crashed with grand and goriously colored confetti on the screen >> within 20 minutes of the last 3, fully powered down reboots. gkrellm >> says the 5 volt line is sagging and I say 4.87 volts once. That psu is >> about a year old. I have a 2 or 3 year old HiPro that is a tad >> undersized in this box, still holding its 5 volt line at 5.05. But >> nobody has any more HiPro's. All the rest seem engineered to sag& go >> out of tolerance about 2 weeks after the end of the warraty, worst >> offenders are Antec. >> >> Maybe I'll even buy a whole new box. If I could find one of those >> compact models with a usable parport& no built in video. >> >> Is anyone actually selling that intel board that has been discussed here >> in a ready to go package? I'd drop the card for one of those in a >> heartbeat. > I've found a barebones box with a D525 board in it, for $120, claims to > have the lpt on the back panel already. Needs a couple sticks of ddr2, a > smallish sata drive and a dvd reader. > > <http://www.outletpc.com/rj3658.html> > > $120 kit > $ 29 ram > $ 80 500G sata3 drive > $ 40 laptop style dvd drive, don't see how desktop would fit > $ 24 keyboard/mouse with usb rf dongle > _____ > $293 + whatever > > Looks like it would be a ready to install 10.04 on. > > What do the folks here think of this kit? > > Cheers, Gene Gene:
First thoughts 1) what motherboard is it, actually? We've been talking mostly about Intel motherboards containing Intel Atom D510 and D525 processors. I also have an ASUS AT5NM10-I motherboard (with Intel Atom D510 cpu) that seems to be comparable to the Intel D510MO motherboard I used to have, if perhaps just a tick slower on the latency test (I believe both of these boards are now out of production). Don't know about other makes/models. 2) why are you willing to trust new power supplies any more than the old <grin> They just keep getting more "cost effective." 3) why do you need the dvd drive? Seems irrelevant in a machine controller. 4) how much RAM are you talking about? I wouldn't settle for less than 1GB. 5) not a knock against this particular combo, but am I the only one who is leery of USB keyboard/mouse connections? Unfortunately, I didn't keep good notes, but I've noticed in playing with odd computers that come my way that some disrupt the latency test when I move the mouse, more so with USB mice. If I ever get some time I'd like to do some experiments. Obviously, it may be dependent on the motherboard, the cpu, the south bridge, the bios, etc., so nailing down definitive guidelines may be difficult. Good luck. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
