[mythtv-users] Low power backend suggestions?

[Neil Davidson]

> > I have a mobile Athlon in my system. runs very cool, in fact the onboard
> CPU
> > fan monitor constantly beeps when enabled to tell me my fan is
> running too
> > slow. The cooler o it is temperature controlled and is usually
> running as
> > low as it can without stalling :)
> >
> Hi,
>
> could you please give some more info on HW you use. Did you by any chance
> measure power consumption or speed ?
>
> I'm too looking for lower power solution, but think that Pentium M and
> particular mobos are over priced - at least now.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>

the good thing about the Athlon mobile is you can use standard hardware. I
have a 2500+ Mobile plugged into an Abit NF7-S v2.0 nForce2 board. No
problems with supporting the reduced voltage etc, but it doesn't identify or
detect the chip automatically, you have to set everything manually.