On Jun 7, 2005, at 3:22 PM, A JM wrote:
So, what kind of cases are you guy's using? if it's diskless and fanless as in the VIA EPIA ME6000 or SP8000E (I'm not sure what this is HD Commell LV-667) you'll need video card height in order to use decoding on a card correct? So, are they mostly beastly ugly PC's or something more attractive? My backend is running an XP3200 with 512meg and a couple of 200gig drives in a LVM so I'm assuming it could handle the front end? I'm currently finishing off an XBOX front end and although it's not unattractive I'd like something attractive and quite. Thanks for all the great information and feedback.
I'm using a Casetronic C-158-60W. It has a small fan, and my M10K has a small fan. It makes a very small amount of noise, but not noticeable at all over the pump in my aquarium. When I had the aquarium off today to clean it, I didn't hear the front end at all though.
It comes with a riser card, but I'm not using it. I replaced the power switch/hdd+power led in the front of the case with a circuit board I made, replacing the hdd led with an IR receiver and support parts, plugging into the COM2 header on the motherboard. It didn't work so well with such a small hole (I hoped the little plastic through-lens would work both ways, but you had to aim straight at it), so I drilled it out to be the same size as the power button, and put a thin red sheet of plastic behind the hole. Had I not wanted to put an RF transmitter on the same LIRC port, I would have been much better off buying an IR receiver.
In the end, I'm pretty happy with it, the box looks nice, and came with all the connectors and screws that it should have. My only complaint is that the blue power led in the front is *way* too bright. Had I thought about it, when I rebuilt the circuit board, I would have added a resistor to dim it. Instead, I just have a piece of paper in front of it inside the case to take it down a brightness notch.
-Michael
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