Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 5:21 pm
What about FreeBSD or OSX/Hackintosh?Monkeh16 wrote:If it's an Atheros card it'll work with madwifi or.. probably ath9k, being PCI-E. Assuming you're talking about Linux.
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What about FreeBSD or OSX/Hackintosh?Monkeh16 wrote:If it's an Atheros card it'll work with madwifi or.. probably ath9k, being PCI-E. Assuming you're talking about Linux.
Can't help you there, I use neither at present. But Macs use (or used to use) Atheros cards I believe.ilovejedd wrote:What about FreeBSD or OSX/Hackintosh?Monkeh16 wrote:If it's an Atheros card it'll work with madwifi or.. probably ath9k, being PCI-E. Assuming you're talking about Linux.
I came to this thread to ask the same thing. I am looking for a roomy case for it that will be small but allow for a quiet 120mm fan that effectively cools the CPU/GPU heatsink on this board.kevboy wrote:Any recommendations on a case for this? Was thinking of something that could hold 2 x 3.5" HDDs or 1 x 3.5" and 1 x 2.5", maybe with space for a quiet 120mm fan. No ODD needed.
Review of the Silverstone SG06 and SG06 coming in the next couple weeks.yacoub wrote:I came to this thread to ask the same thing. I am looking for a roomy case for it that will be small but allow for a quiet 120mm fan that effectively cools the CPU/GPU heatsink on this board.kevboy wrote:Any recommendations on a case for this? Was thinking of something that could hold 2 x 3.5" HDDs or 1 x 3.5" and 1 x 2.5", maybe with space for a quiet 120mm fan. No ODD needed.
Device manager says it's an Atheros AR928X wireless network adapter.Shibirian wrote:What chipset exactly? I cannot find any information about that anywhere. I would need to know this because of drivers for my OSses before I buy the board. (Yeah, I have many various strange non-windows systems.) Hope anyone can help me out here. Would be much appreciated!
Neat! What the heck is the different between them, btw? I can't tell from the basic product pages lol Maybe just the color and design of the front?MikeC wrote:Review of the Silverstone SG06 and SG06 coming in the next couple weeks.yacoub wrote:I came to this thread to ask the same thing. I am looking for a roomy case for it that will be small but allow for a quiet 120mm fan that effectively cools the CPU/GPU heatsink on this board.kevboy wrote:Any recommendations on a case for this? Was thinking of something that could hold 2 x 3.5" HDDs or 1 x 3.5" and 1 x 2.5", maybe with space for a quiet 120mm fan. No ODD needed.
Okay, thanks.nutball wrote:Device manager says it's an Atheros AR928X wireless network adapter.Shibirian wrote:What chipset exactly? I cannot find any information about that anywhere. I would need to know this because of drivers for my OSses before I buy the board. (Yeah, I have many various strange non-windows systems.) Hope anyone can help me out here. Would be much appreciated!
Note, it's a Mini-PCIe slot same as laptops, not the PCIe slots you find on desktops.ccb wrote:I'm thinking about using this board for my HTPC setup - I notice that the dual-core Atom boards in the Zotac product line all have the PCI-E slot occupied by the Wifi card.
Is there anything preventing the user from yanking the Wifi card and replacing it with a tuner card, like a Hauppauge card? I think the combination of a dual-core Atom and a hardware-based tuner card will be ideal for a HTPC... But I haven't seen any reviews where they ditch the Wifi, hence this post.
Ah, I wasn't previously aware of that type of PCIe slot. Thanks for the clarification. Back to the drawing board (maybe with a USB tuner or two...).ilovejedd wrote: Note, it's a Mini-PCIe slot same as laptops, not the PCIe slots you find on desktops.
It'd be easy enough to attach stick type USB tuners to a backplate and make a cable to connect to a USB header. Many dual-tuner PCI cards (even PCI-E) are just USB devices anyway.ccb wrote:Ah, I wasn't previously aware of that type of PCIe slot. Thanks for the clarification. Back to the drawing board (maybe with a USB tuner or two...).ilovejedd wrote: Note, it's a Mini-PCIe slot same as laptops, not the PCIe slots you find on desktops.
Cheers,
-CCB
So how many people are using this MB for an HTPC build (I see that the original review did have some grumbles about HD playback). Any issues? I am trying to decide between this and the following boards:suzyj wrote:My build:
I chose the D-E flavour, which has the dual-core Atom CPU and wireless, but uses normal ATX power, as I already have a Pico PSU, which is plenty efficient.
The system is comprised of:It runs like a dream, including 1080i and 1080p. I installed Ubuntu 9.04, as well as the nVidia drivers and patched version of Mythtv from Avenard. Power consumption is around 22W at idle, increasing to 27W while playing video.
- Zotac IONITX-D-E motherboard,
- 2GB Corsair DDR2 stick,
- 1TB WD Greenpower 3.5" hard drive for video,
- 500GB Hitachi 2.5" hard drive for audio and OS,
- 2 x Asus U3100 USB DVB-T tuners,
- PicoPSU-120 power supply,
- 60W 12V switch-mode power supply (from Farnell),
- 80mm Noctua fan running at 5V,
- Custom case (430mm wide to match my other stereo gear).
I bought the AT3N7A-I last weekend as a test project to replace a broken pentium M motherboard on a HTPC.sluggy wrote:Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi
Asus AT3N7A-I
I want to build two machines with identical hardware, but one using Windows 7 and another using Linux with XBMC. Would the ION board be sufficient?