[mythtvnz] Recommendations to replace dying Zotac ION board

[Robin Gilks]

>
>> 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.

-- 
Robin Gilks