[mythtv-users] Motherboards

Brian Steele steele.brian at gmail.com
Fri Aug 15 23:25:53 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Nick Bright <boberz at thewatch.org> wrote:
> So I couldn't resist Jeff Walther's post about the NSK-2400 at Fry's and
> ordered one. Stoopid me for not paying attention to the fact that it
> only supports MicroATX motherboards!
>
> So, now I'm looking around at motherboards (since my current MythBox has
> a full ATX).
>
> I noticed these two units at Newegg and I'm curious if anybody has tried
> to use this particular chipset, and if so to what degree of success?
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500004
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500006
>
> They are very enticing because they have an onboard coaxial S/PDIF
> output *and* an HDMI output with GeForce 7100 or 7150 video chip
> respectively!
>
> This is a perfect fit for my two PVR-150's and soon to be received
> HDHomeRun :)
>
> So, has anyone tried linux/myth with this chipset?

I haven't tried that chipset, but I run something very close to it.  I
have a GeForce 7050PV/nForce 630a motherboard with myth without any
problems.

If you want to know the exact board, it's this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127036


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