[mythtv-users] Looking for an ASUS motherboard that net boots...

Craig Huff huffcslists at gmail.com
Fri Aug 15 03:27:51 UTC 2008


On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With the M2N-MX SE Plus I was after a basic microATX motherboard that
> could be tucked into a corner of my bedroom all to act as a diskless
> frontend for my main FE/BE box in the livingroom. So, what I am after
> is a board that:
>
> - MUST have a valid MAC address for the on-board ethernet port.
> - MUST support net booting.
>
> As I am in no mood to re-purchase stuff to go with the motherboard I also want:
> - a microATX form factor so I can re-use the HTPC case I have.
> - support for the AMD AM2 3200+ CPU
> - support for   533MHz DDR2 memory
> - On-board video good enough to display 1080p OR have a PCI-Expess
> connector that will allow me to re-use my GeForce 7200 card.
>
> Nice to have, but not critical, as I might repurpose the motherboard
> 2-3 years down the road would be:
> - SATA raid support, Gigabit ethernet, firewire, etc...
>
> So, what ASUS motherboards (if any) can make the above cut?
>
> Thanks all.
>
>
Colin-

See if they have an M2NPV-VM motherboard.  It looks like these are no
longer on the market, but they might have one they'd let you have.  It
meets all of your requirements, including the nice-to-haves.  I have
the wake-on-lan working on mine.

Craig.


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