On Monday, January 02, 2012 02:29:55 PM Peter C. Wallace did opine: > On Mon, 2 Jan 2012, gene heskett wrote: > > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:06:25 -0500 > > From: gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down > > > > On Monday, January 02, 2012 01:47:39 PM gene heskett did opine: > > > > [...] > > > >> With regard to a bad hal file killing the machine, I am now beginning > >> to lean toward a flaky psu, its not liking 50F ambient temps in the > >> shop, and has crashed with grand and goriously colored confetti on > >> the screen within 20 minutes of the last 3, fully powered down > >> reboots. gkrellm says the 5 volt line is sagging and I say 4.87 > >> volts once. That psu is about a year old. I have a 2 or 3 year old > >> HiPro that is a tad undersized in this box, still holding its 5 volt > >> line at 5.05. But nobody has any more HiPro's. All the rest seem > >> engineered to sag & go out of tolerance about 2 weeks after the end > >> of the warraty, worst offenders are Antec. > >> > >> Maybe I'll even buy a whole new box. If I could find one of those > >> compact models with a usable parport & no built in video. > >> > >> Is anyone actually selling that intel board that has been discussed > >> here in a ready to go package? I'd drop the card for one of those > >> in a heartbeat. > > > > I've found a barebones box with a D525 board in it, for $120, claims > > to have the lpt on the back panel already. Needs a couple sticks of > > ddr2, a smallish sata drive and a dvd reader. > > > > <http://www.outletpc.com/rj3658.html> > > > > $120 kit > > $ 29 ram > > $ 80 500G sata3 drive > > $ 40 laptop style dvd drive, don't see how desktop would fit > > $ 24 keyboard/mouse with usb rf dongle > > _____ > > $293 + whatever > > > > Looks like it would be a ready to install 10.04 on. > > > > What do the folks here think of this kit? > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Be carefull with MB choices, the Intel D525 MB is known to have good > latency not sure about the Foxconn. Also the Intel 525 has a parallel > port out the back (no cable needed) > > INTEL > > 945 DB25 out back > 510 26 pin header on MB > 525 DB25 out back > Thanks Peter.
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