User:Tommycw1
OK, I'm sure that other people don't care very much about all of this information, however I like to use this page to document my systems and add things here that I want to remember. It works nice as a place to keep all of this information.
Contents
My Myth System
Main Frontend / Backend
General Information
This box is strictly running my Mythbackend/Mythfrontend on my living room TV
Hardware
Motherboard:
CPU:
RAM:
- 1GB PC DDR2-1066 FPN:2-8500CL5S-1GBPK
- 1GB PC DDR2-1066 FPN:2-8500CL5S-1GBPK
- 2x Empty Slots
Harddisks:
- No Connected Samsung SV0432A 5400 RPM 4GB PATA
Optical Drives:
- /dev/sr0 LITE-ON DVD±RW LDW-411S, FS05, max UDMA/33
- /dev/sr1 External Light Scribe DVD±RW
LAN:
- /dev/eth0 Onboard Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
Video Card:
Tuner Cards:
- 1x Hauppauge HD-DVR
- 1x Ceton InfiniTV 4 - 4 Tuner Cable Card Tuner - Awesome card but useless due to Time Warner setting every program (other than local broadcast) as Copy Once and Mythtv's unable to deal with DRM.
- 2x Pinnacle PCTV 800i Hybrid Analog & ATSC/QAM Tuners
- 1x Hauppauge PVR-150 Analog Tuner
Audio:
- Onboard: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio
- HDMI: ZOTAC ZT-20203-PB-R GeForce GT 220 1GB DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Ir Receiver:
- MCE Receiver with IR Blaster to control my CableSTB connected to my HD-PVR
- /dev/ttyS0 Packard Bell Serial
- Sony Remote Commander RM-VL710
Gamepads:
- 2x Logitech Cordless Rumbelpad 2 - Logitech is the BEST company with awesome customer service. They replaced one of these for me, free of charge or even shipping, WAY after the warranty expired!
Software
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Mythtv 0.26-fixes
Links I find helpful
Other Hardware
/dev/sdb Maxtor 51536U3 7200RPM 2MB Buffer UDMA/66 15GB PATA
Home Theater
General Informaiton
TVs
- 2x HDMI
- 1x Component In
DVD
Magnavox MDV455/17
- Plays DVD, DVD+RW, CD, CD-RW, MP3 and Picture CDs
- Progressive Scan
- Dolby Digital (Digital out only) · DTS (Digital out only)
- Parental lock
- Virtual 3D Surround Sound
- Component, S-Video Output, and Composite Video Out
- Zoom functions while movie is playing
VHS
Sanyo VWM-710 4 Head HI-FI VCR
Cable Box
Scientific Atlanta Explorer 4250HDC
- With IEEE-1394 ports that Time Warner illegally had disabled!
Tuner
Kenwood VR-405 Surround Receiver
Old TV
Sanyo DS-27820 27" 4:3 CRT SD-TV
- 1 Coax RF Input
- 1 Component or S-Video Input
- 1 Component Input
- 1 Audio Output
- Comb Filter = Digital 3-Line
Other Systems
Desktop
Motherboard:
Motherboard Specifications, P4SD-LA (Yale)
Manual
- Not entirely sure if this is a "Yale", "Cobra", or "Stingray". Not "Oxford" as "Oxford" only had 2 DIMM slots.
- NOTE: FP Audio connector MUST be plugged in for rear panel sound to work!
CPU:
RAM:
- 1.25GB PC PC2700 (1x 512MB, 3x256MB)
Harddisks: 4
- /dev/sda Samsung SP4008H 7200RPM 75GB PATA
- /dev/sdb Western Digital WD1600BB 160GB
- /dev/sdd Samsung SP1213C 7200RPM 120GB SATA
Optical Drives:
- /dev/sr1 DVD±RW NEC ND-3550A UDMA/33
Shop System
Motherboard:
CPU:
GPU:
RAM:
Harddisks:
Optical Drives: 1
Neon File Server
Motherboard:
CPU:
GPU:
RAM:
Harddisks:
Optical Drives: