[vdr] Re: Small & silent VDR custom STB

[Javier Marcet <lists-linuxtv@marcet.info>]

* Lauri Tischler <lwgt@iki.fi> [040913 07:55]:

> > Otherwise, have you had good experiences using some microATX board? Or
> > any other kind you found nice for this purpose?
> Old HP Brios are good, like Brio BA400, its Celeron (433-600 Mhz) with
> builtin VGA and four (4) pcislots.  Unfortunately no builtin ethernet.
Where do you find them? Ebay?

> I'm going to try this with USB-WLAN or USB-Ethernet adapter.
> Put this into Antec Aria case with NEXUS-S, NEXUS-T and NOVA-T
Why putting two full featured cards?

My aim was going nova only route, i.e., no FF cards. That's why I liked
the EPIA boards.

> Original HP-case has only 90W psu.
> BTW, I could never understand why they put AGP-slot into MB's
> with builtin VGA, total waste of space.
The same I ask myself whenever I see one of the barebones.


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Javier Marcet <javier@marcet.info>