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Old 03-17-08   #21 (permalink)
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Ouch... you're angered the tech godz!?!?!
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Asus P5E X38 (MF1208 BIOS)
Memory
2x2GB OCZ Reaper 1096MHz
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8800GT (729/1836/2088)
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My motherboard came in today. I also managed to save some data off my hard drive that quit.

System: HTPC
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AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Brisbane 2.1GHz
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H
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G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 1066
Graphics Card
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Onboard
Hard Drive
160 gig EXCELSTOR SATA, 250 gig IDE
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430 Watt Mad Dog
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Here are some photos of my Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (780G) motherboard. I should get the rest of the parts tomorrow.






System: HTPC
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AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Brisbane 2.1GHz
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GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H
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G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 1066
Graphics Card
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Onboard
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160 gig EXCELSTOR SATA, 250 gig IDE
Power Supply
430 Watt Mad Dog
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Ultra Black MicroFly Aluminum Micro ATX
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Vista Ultimate 32
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can you use meedio with linux?

reason I ask is my htpc build has been put on hold for the last few days (8) because of xp pro issues, first it wouldnt load, then it wouldnt load properly then it wouldnt see the hard drive...on and on.

I think, if I can, just to use linux and forego the headache they call Windows
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gskill DDR3 pc8500
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Meedio is Windows only. Sorry. Linux does have some pretty good htpc options. Check the link "List of HTPC software" in my sig. It shows some linux options.

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GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H
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G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 1066
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hmmmm....maybe I'll stick with windows right now. I just have never had this much problem loading an OS...and it figures its an open box MOBO from newegg.

I'll try and drink so much beer tonight that the windows install goes clean. Then we'll see what happens
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Memory
gskill DDR3 pc8500
Graphics Card
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Rest of the parts are in.




System: HTPC
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 Brisbane 2.1GHz
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H
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G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 1066
Graphics Card
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Onboard
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Got it setup on the table and have Vista Ultimate installed. Next will be Beyond TV and Meedio.



Here is my son. He helping.

System: HTPC
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Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H
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G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 1066
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ATI Radeon HD 3200 Onboard
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cool Dh, looking good.

on a side note...your son looks a little cold, you could probably overclock him a few more hundred MHZ

edit: I see why hes running cold...hes liquid cooled LOL (look at his shirt)
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Open source supporters steal the glory and money from people who make decent products. They're like the China of the Internet, making crappy knock offs of reasonable products and distributing them for next to nothing.

System: knucklecase-now enriched with quad core!
CPU
x3210 @ 3360@1.328v after vdroop
Motherboard
Asus P5k3
Memory
gskill DDR3 pc8500
Graphics Card
xFx 8800gt Alpha Dog + Galaxy 8800gt
Hard Drive
120gb + 1tb
Power Supply
Cm 500 mod
CPU cooling
HDT
GPU cooling
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OS
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Nice camera work. What cooler are you using? I cant wait to get back from this deployment to start work on mine. That Gigabyte motherboard has everything you could possibly want for a HTPC. Blu-ray players are headed down in price. Around $120-$140. Hopefully by the time I build my HTPC they will be down below $100.
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Didnt notice you were from the United States, would explain why a hard drive topic is in a CPU based section

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