On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:48:55 -0700, Mark Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my liking... > so here's the question > > I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some > hardware i have around > AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power) > PVR 350 > 512 DDR > Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora Core > > What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but > just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA > errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. > Preferably the onboard sound should work.... > Onboard video a plus but not required...
Mark, i've had good success with the Chaintech 7NIF2 motherboard and Myth (KnoppMyth R5A12). i have an Athlon XP +2700, which is socket A. i'm not sure what the Duron is... it has onboard svideo, vga, audio, lan and the nforce2 chipset. my only complaint is that i thought it had SPDIF connectors onboard (it appears to) but i couldn't find an adaptor to allow for passthrough. i finally contacted Chaintech and asked about it and they said: "7NIF2 S/PDIF feature is for manufacture option, so that board you have is not support S/PDIF feature.". so you might want to look at the 7NIF4 which i believe is the replacement board for the 7NIF2. http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/ this board is a micro-ATX and only has three PCI slots + AGP. if you want the SP/DIF option you may have to give up a slot. and if you don't already have a capture card i'd recommend the pvr-250 over the 350 as it's cheaper and you're looking at motherboards with svideo out so you don't really need the 350. andy _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users