Firewire
Another EPIA M 9000 update. The built-in firewire works flawlessly under
FreeBSD 4.x (firewire.ko and sbp.ko modules). When I connect up a
firewire HD I get 30MB/s+ out of it. The same HD has a USB2.0 connector
but for some reason I only get around 1MB/s via USB, even though FreeBSD
seems to understand that it is USB 2.0.
Unfortunately I was not able to boot the HD via the firewire or the USB.
I don't know why, the BIOS has options for USB booting but it doesn't
see the drive for some reason.
Power consumption
I also found a document that gave definitive power consumption
for various EPIA systems:
http://www.viamainboard.com/product/3/4/EPIA%20M%20Operating%20Guidelines.pdf
Summary:
EPIA M 9000 17-25W
EPIA M E6000 16-22W
EPIA 800 11-20W
EPIA 5000 9-15W (5W idle, 15W playing DVD)
(this is non-inclusive of any hard drives)
Additional data point: My brother installed W2000 on one as a test and
it performs considerably better running photoshop then his old P3-450
running W98. All VIA supplied drivers installed without a hitch and
worked well, including the firewire driver, USB driver, video driver,
and sound driver. His IPod software and a netgear USB wireless unit
also installed without a hitch. (Which is quite amazing for Windows,
even though one had to reboot a dozen times during the installation
of the drivers. But, still, I am suitably impressed).
-Matt
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