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===Things of note===
 
===Things of note===
The onboard audio has it's surround sound channels muted by defaultGoing to kmixer and unmuting them gives me surround sound until rebootStill looking for solution to this.
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Sometimes, after going to the KDE desktop, mixer settings are set to zeroI just put the volume back to normal when this happensI also reboot after I'm finished using the KDE desktop just to save cpu consumption and to avoid that problem.  Now, since I use s/pdif coax, this problem is gone. Also note, desktop sounds, like the KDE log in sound scratchy through s/pdif coax.  Linuxmce sounds work great though, so not a big deal
  
TV tuner is fully supported and detected during normal setup.
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TV tuner is fully supported and detected during normal setup.  However, LMCE defaults the channel frequency table to us-broadcast.  That means I only receive channels 2-11.  I usually go into mythtv and change it manually.
  
 
Fiire remote is plug and play.
 
Fiire remote is plug and play.
  
Also, it seems that approximately every 5 days, my sata hard drive is inaccesible.  I usually just reboot the hybrid and it's fine.
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I've noticed that this particular motherboard has some weird quirks.  If I leave the computer off for a day or so, the bios gets corrupted and reverts to default settingsThis is no big deal as I just change the settings back to what they were and no need to reinstall.  I think this is just some bug with my particular one and not the model in general.

Revision as of 17:05, 7 January 2009

Currently, I am only running one hybrid at the moment which is plugged into a generic LCD tv. Also, I'm using generic 5.1 analog surround sound speakers.

Hybrid Hardware

Motherboard

Foxconn 945P7AA-8KS2


CPU Type Pentium D / Pentium 4 HT / Celeron D FSB 1066/800MHz North Bridge Intel 945P South Bridge Intel ICH7

Memory Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin Memory Standard DDR2 667 Channel Supported Dual Channel

Expansion Slots PCI Express x16 1 PCI Express x1 2 PCI Slots 3

Storage Devices PATA 3 x ATA100 6 Dev Max. SATA 3Gb/s 4

Onboard Audio Audio Chipset Realtek ALC880 Audio Channels 8 Channels

Onboard LAN LAN Chipset Broadcom BCM5789KFB Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports USB 4 x USB 2.0 S/PDIF Out 1x Coaxial Audio Ports 6 Ports Onboard USB 4 x USB 2.0

Video Card

MSI NX8400GS-TD512E GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card

This card works very well. Driver is automatically installed in both DVD and CD install method.

Ram

pqi 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400)

TV Capture Cards

Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 500 MCE Dual tuners onboard with MPEG2 encoders for each.

Input Devices

Logitech 967557-0403 wireless keyboard and mouse

Fiire Chief gyration remote



Things of note

Sometimes, after going to the KDE desktop, mixer settings are set to zero. I just put the volume back to normal when this happens. I also reboot after I'm finished using the KDE desktop just to save cpu consumption and to avoid that problem. Now, since I use s/pdif coax, this problem is gone. Also note, desktop sounds, like the KDE log in sound scratchy through s/pdif coax. Linuxmce sounds work great though, so not a big deal

TV tuner is fully supported and detected during normal setup. However, LMCE defaults the channel frequency table to us-broadcast. That means I only receive channels 2-11. I usually go into mythtv and change it manually.

Fiire remote is plug and play.


I've noticed that this particular motherboard has some weird quirks. If I leave the computer off for a day or so, the bios gets corrupted and reverts to default settings. This is no big deal as I just change the settings back to what they were and no need to reinstall. I think this is just some bug with my particular one and not the model in general.