Re: Via EPIA board/box
On Saturday 15 April 2006 20:03, Steve B wrote: I've seen a number of posts on various OBSD related sites about these Via EPIA boards and their various benefits - low power, hardware crypto, etc. They look like a nice replacement for my old board so I've been looking around at logicsupply.com, idotpc.com and mini-itx.com. There are probably other sites so if you've got them please share g. I've recently ordered a couple machines from www.solarpc.com. If you want the machine to be almost silent, then i suggest either getting one of the machines with a fanless CPU, or getting one with a fan in a 2U case and then replacing the 40mm fan with a 40 to 60mm adapter and an undervolted 60mm fan; the 40mm fan that comes with the CPU is rated to be very quiet but if you are moderately intolerant of noise then the default fan really won't seem quiet. Other than having to replace the fan as described, i have been very happy with the machines. They run OpenBSD very well. I even installed the x.org packages on one just for the heck of it (it was my first time trying to run X on OpenBSD) and X supported the built-in graphics without any manual configuration. Dan RamaleyDial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540Des Moines IA 50311 USA
Re: Via EPIA board/box
On Saturday 15 April 2006 20:03, Steve B wrote: I've seen a number of posts on various OBSD related sites about these Via EPIA boards and their various benefits - low power, hardware crypto, etc. They look like a nice replacement for my old board so I've been looking around at logicsupply.com, idotpc.com and mini-itx.com. There are probably other sites so if you've got them please share g. I don't know if they are good or not, but just came across this today. Actually just a few minutes ago. I don't know more then this. http://www.liantec.com/ But the EMB-3640 and the EMB-5840 sure does look small and low AC power, needed, but sure look like you can get a lots of CPU power in some model. I know I will read more on this one. Just doing what you asked, passing it around, but that's all I can say about it.
Via EPIA board/box
The memory controller on my P2B appears to have gone bad, so I'm looking to replace it. I've seen a number of posts on various OBSD related sites about these Via EPIA boards and their various benefits - low power, hardware crypto, etc. They look like a nice replacement for my old board so I've been looking around at logicsupply.com, idotpc.com and mini-itx.com. There are probably other sites so if you've got them please share g. A couple fo questions come to mind as I plan a purchase: 1. Should I wait for the C7 boards to come out? 2. I'd like to switch to a nice 1U case. Logicsupply has Casetronic and Morex cases which are nice; gtweb.net also has some. Other recommendations? 3. idotpc.com has a 1U case with a C3 and 256RAM for $299US. I'm sure there are other nice package deals out there. Can anyone recommend a few? Steve
