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On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 02:51:59PM -0800, Wes Biggs wrote:

> Thanks Ray and others for your responses. Time to do some shopping.
>
> Here's an economical starting point I found -- wondering if anyone has
> experience with this mobo (ECS K7S5A, SIS735 chipset)...
> http://shop3.outpost.com/product/3516254/

This is the board I am using for my mythtv system; it was cheap and works OK
for my purposes.

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- mdz

On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 04:10:18PM -0700, Randy Page wrote:

> On Saturday 23 November 2002 03:51 pm, Wes Biggs wrote:
>
> > Here's an economical starting point I found -- wondering if anyone has
> > experience with this mobo (ECS K7S5A, SIS735 chipset)...
> > http://shop3.outpost.com/product/3516254/
>
> I'm using this mobo with the onboard sound, a Duron 1200, and 512mb Ram. No
> problems.

Hmm...I found that the onboard sound was...awful-sounding. So I got an SB
Live.

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- mdz

On Saturday 23 November 2002 04:52 pm, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 04:10:18PM -0700, Randy Page wrote:
> > On Saturday 23 November 2002 03:51 pm, Wes Biggs wrote:
> > > Here's an economical starting point I found -- wondering if anyone has
> > > experience with this mobo (ECS K7S5A, SIS735 chipset)...
> > > http://shop3.outpost.com/product/3516254/
> >
> > I'm using this mobo with the onboard sound, a Duron 1200, and 512mb Ram.
> > No problems.
>
> Hmm...I found that the onboard sound was...awful-sounding. So I got an SB
> Live.

That's the next purchase. The onboard sounds better than my old es1370 based
card did though.

Randy

>
> P.S. Anyone using Adelphia Digital Cable (Scientific Atlanta box) have
> tips on IR?
>
Sorry, I don't have any real tips. You can make a serial reciever and a
serial transmitter (look to http://www.lirc.org for info). Or you can buy
an IR blaster for fairly inexpensive ($25 plus $15 for shipping I think).
I haven't been able to find a good IR transmitter.

Whatever you find, keep me in the loop! I have the same cable box and I
need a solution for the ol' cable box channel changing problem.

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> This is the board I am using for my mythtv system; it was cheap and works OK
> for my purposes.

Not a glowing review, and now I see the notes about sound support. With
a high quality sound card, would it be worthwhile?

General question-- are there any minimum requirements for a video card
(other than, in my case, that it has TV out)? I have an old card
(Real3D Starfighter PCI - Intel 740 chipset;
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/starfighter/faq.htm) with 16MB
which I'm thinking will work. This card also has TV in (composite), but
I can't find any reference to V4L support for it, so I'm counting on
buying a separate tuner card with a coax/s-video in. Any issues with
non-AGP video?

Thanks for the help with my newbie questions. When I'm up and running
I'd like to contribute to the software side of things, but hardware has
never been my strength -- I seem to end up physically bleeding each time
I put a new box together (not that it stops me...)

Wes