Drew wrote:
I'd agree with you for motherboards but not the mini-ITX all-in-one
boards. I bought a used SP13000G (CN400 based) before Christmas to use
as a (nearly) silent front end for MythTV and it's been rock solid.
It's the newer chipsets that are the real problem - especially in regard
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:24:20 -0800, Drew wrote:
> I'd agree with you for motherboards but not the mini-ITX all-in-one
> boards. I bought a used SP13000G (CN400 based) before Christmas to use
> as a (nearly) silent front end for MythTV and it's been rock solid.
Steer clear of the CN700 ones though
> It's got nothing to do with RAM timings and everything to do with the
> fact that VIA couldn't care less about Linux users. One thing I have
> learned in th last few months is don't touch VIA with a bargepole. My
> VIA-based laptop went in the bin and I am now enjoying the luxury of an
> Intel-b
Hmm, I find that surprising, especially since the new $200 PC at
Sprawl-Mart is based on their C7 processor. Although I have heard many
issues with trying to get certain, additional, items to work with the
gPC. The main one being no modem...
I once owned a motherboard based on a VIA chipset, worst
Hal Martin wrote:
IF the BIOS gives you the option of changing the RAM timings,
It's got nothing to do with RAM timings and everything to do with the
fact that VIA couldn't care less about Linux users. One thing I have
learned in th last few months is don't touch VIA with a bargepole. My
VI
IF the BIOS gives you the option of changing the RAM timings, I would
make them all as large as they can go (slowest timings for RAM.) I'm
assuming that your RAM timing is done by default now, and while that is
right most of the time, you can't go wrong with setting them up manually.
If memtest pa
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:33:04 -0600 (CST), list-catcher wrote:
> I just bought a via vb7001
Good luck with getting the CN700 graphics to work stably :(
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