[mythtv-users] OT - Hunting a MoBo.....

[Andre Newman]

On 25 Jun 2014, at 18:33, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Andre,
> 
> Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 4:28:13 PM, you wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 25 Jun 2014, at 14:14, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> On 21 June 2014 18:10, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> OK
>>>> 
>>>> I'm looking at building a new media server that doubles as my primary
>>>> myth server as well.
>>>> 
>>>> Given that storage requirements are the main driving force these days
>>>> I've decided on the DS380 8 x 3.5" Bay case
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=452
>>> 
>>> Been in a similar situation a few months ago.
>>> I purchased an ASRock E3C224.
>>> It's a Pro card, it doesn't have DisplayPort out but it has VGA but
>>> you'll never need it as this cards supports IPMI / iKVM
>>> 
>>> It works with Intel 1150 socket, supports ECC RAM and has every
>>> peripheral you could ever want: PCI 32bits, PCIe, serial, the lot.
>>> 8 SATA ports
> 
>> Apologies for the hijack but…
> 
>> I didn’t consider Asrock, didn’t think much of them but this board looks promising.
> 
>> Have you used the PCI slots, I’d really like more than 2 but this might be a possibility?
> 
>> Andre
> 
> 
> My experience with asrock is that their acpi implementation is not
> fully compatible under linux. I have experienced problems with two
> boards on that count.

Thanks, that doesn’t surprise me, I also found this about the PCI bridge on that board:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1484406

Which is why I asked if Jean Yves had used the PCI slots.

I’m less excited now...

I restrict my motherboard purchasing to Gigabyte, Asus and Supermicro and even those have a host of issues.

Andre

> 
> Tot mails,
>  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
> 
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> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
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> 
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