Forum: Motherboards & CPUs - Vista

DFI LANPARTY JR GF9400-T2RS mATX, Intel CPU, Nvidia GF9400 onboard, 1 x PCIe x1 & 2 x PCIe x16 slots!:drool: http://img.lanparty.tw/Upload/CatalogElement/JR%20GF9400-T2RS.jpg @ $229+ (Static Ice), it's not cheap, but it packs a punch & plenty of flexibility in there. Justin

Hello All, Not to overstep my bounds here, but I am sharing what I think is one of the best boards on the market for the HTPC space. I am one of the architects behind this platform so I know my opinion may be skewed. As such, I thought I would share some comments from others that have either...

Hey guys just looking to build a new server, i need to keep it cheap but must do the job! what you think? Media Server: Case: Antec NSK1480 $136 Motherboard: ASUS M4A78LT‐M LE $82 Cpu: AM2x 240 $69 Gpu: 4350 512M Asus $39 Ram: 2GB DDR3...

Can you use Gigabyte Audio Combo Kit for 8 Channel Sound with SPDIF (12CR1-1SPAUD-21) with a Foxconn G45M motherboard to gain an optical out port from the on board Sound's SPDIF header? Any clues whether the wiring would be different? The G45M's SPDIF connector looks like a 4 pin socket.

Hi, Having some mce issues of late; • I have been getting quite a few “partial” recordings with the message being due to power failure. • Every now and again, if the mce had turned on to record and I then try to power on to use at the same time, just stays black screen. Only a reboot will...

Can anyone out there know where I could purchase the SilentFlux CPU Cooling. Have been looking around but most are in the USA. Thank you

I bought a Scythe Shuriken (2nd hand off ebay) and I only received the Intel clips for the CPU Cooler :( Can anybody who has the same cooler (and not using the AMD clips) help me out? Or does anyone know whether you can buy the clips as a standalone accessory? Thanks in advance (my new HTPC...

Hey guys, I currently have a HTPC based around the DFI Lanparty JR GF9400-T2RS. The brother-in-law wants me to build him a new HTPC and it looks like the GF9400 is getting hard to get a hold of / obsolete. What are recommendations nowadays as a suitable replacement board - sticking with the...

Hi all, I have a VMC machine which has been running ok for a while. It's an older spec machine based on Athlon 3200 CPU & Nvidia 6200 graphics card. I mainly watch SD Live TV through a DVB-T card and as I'm in the UK I have set the refresh rate to 50hz to match the PAL signal. Whilst VMC...

I know it's early days but are any of you looking at these for an upcoming build? I'm thinking about the Intel DG45ID or the Asus P5Q-EM specifically. Now that the G45 boards are coming out, I can finally look seriously at my build and the mATX form factor is most likely the way I'll go. What...

My HTPC started crashing last sunday which was a very hot day. Now it won't boot. It won't even post for that matter. The case fans start and so does the CPU fan albeit slowly at first then only intermittently. The motherboard speaker doesn't beep at all. I have tried all the usual things like...

Hi all, does anyone have any suggestions on a replacement for the m2npv-vm ? onboard video is not *essential* as I have an 86000GTS ( for occasional flightsim ) but would be nice. DVI and AC3 optical and cooax needed. someone suggested a M2NBP-VM but I don't see any mention of them in this...

Just wondering if anyone can help me out.. I have had my HTPC running Vista Media Centre for about a year now, and it has always been noisy even though I invested in a fairly decent power supply. I haven't done anything about it, but I decided to install SpeedFan to check out what was going...

Hi All, I'm experiencing 'laggy' playback of a ripped copy of my kids' "Finding Nemo" DVD over my LAN using "my movies" app for VMC 32-bit on my HTPC with a GA-MA78GPM-DS2H mobo with integrated ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics card The thing is - it didn't use to lag. But now it's does, and I'm be...

I have built a media centre using the Gigabyte EP45-DS4 motherboard. The problem I am having is that Hauppauge HVR-2200 tuners are not recognised when plugged into the x4 or x8 PCIe slots. They work OK in the x1 slots though. The screen that shows what hardware is installed (displayed after...

Hey Guys, Silly me, the only computer that doesnt have a surge protector was my HTPC and during the storm, it was on sleep mode on and i totally forgot about it. Long story short, my HTPC is dead, prob due to spike of power. It powers up, just doesnt boots into anything, and the CDROM goes...

Hi, As the title suggests I have a lack of PCI slots issue. I am using the LanParty DFI9400 Board. It only has one PCI slot which I thought would be fine. I use this slot for my Audigy 2 sound card (It outputs both Digital and analogue at the same time!). I just recently bought a Philips...

Hi all, I have just received the HVR2200 pci-e card and have tried to fit it to my gigabyte motherboard. I want to let you know that its not possible to fit the card in as the ram slot is in the path of the pci-e x1 slot and hits the card when trying to fit. If you have a Gigabyte G31M-ES2l and...

I'm considering getting an Asus M4A78 AM2+ 770 HT5200 and an AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 to upgrade my MCE. What do you think, a good combination or could I do better for a similar outlay? I need a board with 3 pci slots for my tuners so this limits me somewhat. I'm also considering getting 4Gb...

My main media centre's mainboard died some weeks ago. I ordered a new one, an Asus P5Q Turbo and promptly fitted it. I loaded Vista Home Premium 64-bit and the correct drivers. IO also loaded the board's current firmware. Anyway, during the normal tests I run, I tried to set the machine to...