Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Recommended Motherboard/Chipset
Michael Segulja wrote: I know this question has probably been asked a million times, but motherboards and chipsets change so fast, I'm curious to see what you would recommend as a good motherboard for Myth if you were going to buy one today? Also, which chipset? It seems like the NForce2 would be the best support for both Linux and Myth? What about NForce3? I already have a Myth frontend/backend box running fairly well, but it could be better so I want to upgrade. I'll probably keep my current system as the backend and set up the new system as the frontend. I'm not interested in all the peripherals right now, just what motherboard/chipset I should go with. I want to be able to run digital audio to my amp so the amp can decode Dolby Digital 5.1, so that's the only requirement really. I'm not sure if it's best to do that with the built-in audio if it supports it, or go with an add-in sound card like an Audigy or something? Thanks for your advice. Hopefully I'm not too much off-topic here but I know there are those of you out there running stable Myth systems? What's the secret? My current system is a Gigabyte motherboard w/ AMD 2100+ and 512MB RAM, and it crashes a lot while watching live tv or recording tv. Anyway, thanks again. Michael General crashing problems: 1. Power supply (cheap taiwan or good us built?) 2. Ram 3. Heat issue. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Recommended Motherboard/Chipset
Thanks for your advice. Hopefully I'm not too much off-topic here but I know there are those of you out there running stable Myth systems? What's the secret? My current system is a Gigabyte motherboard w/ AMD 2100+ and 512MB RAM, and it crashes a lot while watching live tv or recording tv. I would say there's far more stable myth systems out there than unstable ones. I've generally had uptimes of at least a month in heavy usage, aside from a wierd backend crashing problem with 0.15 that ended when I changed distros to Slackware from Mandrake. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] Recommended Motherboard/Chipset
What Gigabyte mobo exactly? I remember there was this one around the 2100 era that had serious voltage regulation problems. If not that, I'd look next at your power supply. You'd be amazed how much a bad power supply can cause instability. (and, for the record, both taiwan and the US make both good and cheap power supplies.) -Nate On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 12:57:44 -0500, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your advice. Hopefully I'm not too much off-topic here but I know there are those of you out there running stable Myth systems? What's the secret? My current system is a Gigabyte motherboard w/ AMD 2100+ and 512MB RAM, and it crashes a lot while watching live tv or recording tv. I would say there's far more stable myth systems out there than unstable ones. I've generally had uptimes of at least a month in heavy usage, aside from a wierd backend crashing problem with 0.15 that ended when I changed distros to Slackware from Mandrake. ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
