[mythtvnz] Recommendations to replace dying Zotac ION board

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>> I'd be happy with a working m/b the same as this one which has been
>>> great
>>> for 4 years or so and the spare now in service is still 'good enough'
>>
>> And now the spare has died as well - just before 8 last night whilst I was
>> out it just stopped :( Won't even POST now.
>>
>> So the hunt is on for new motherboard(s) with whatever RAM is required.
>>
>
> A busy day googling has come up with the following:
>
> ASRock AM1H-ITX motherboard
> 2x2G DDR3-1600 DIMM (cheaper than a single 4G)
> AMD 5350 CPU (which I assume comes with a cooler)
>
> So far it looks like change out of $300 and its all available here in NZ :)
>
> Just got to work out how to install (assuming I've found the correct
> driver) the AMD Catalyst graphics driver under the Gentoo chroot that I
> nfs mount for my PXE booted frontends.
>
> I get to reuse the case, picoPSU (although the m/b can be run from a 19v
> DC laptop brick) and the DVD drive and IR remote.
>

$300 you can get an ASUS Chromebox, or something similar!


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> Robin Gilks
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