Andrew Van Til

[Andrew Van Til]

[quote=”PHT”]
Move the board forward inside
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It looks like the 24 pin power connector on many boards will end up underneath the optical drive tray, so moving it further under the tray may be an issue.

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[quote=”PHT”]
Changes made to back of e6 and e6V.

Regards
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Does the change impact the dimensions of the case or just move the board forward inside?

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[quote=”Mikinho”]
Have you used them long?  I’ve tried 4 different models and they are extremely quiet…for about a month and then the high pitched whine starts.  I’ve had several that lasted 6 months but thats it.  I even RMA’d a few thinking it could be a bad batch and but same outcome.
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I have had 4 or 5 of their 60/80mm fans (using a 60 and an 80 in my main box right now).  Usually have to replace them after ~18 months so not quite as hardy as some other vendors, but acceptable considering the CFM @dba.

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[quote=”Skirge01″]
This is due to the difficulty in finding any quiet 60mm fans on the market. 
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SilentX makes a very quiet 60mm.

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[quote=”PHT”]

Any interest in golden color?  I thing that only black and silver will be popular in the USA.
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The case needs to match the other A/V components, so I don’t think there would be much demand for a gold colored case (never seen a gold AVR).

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[quote=”Mikinho”]
From your description I would not recommend a 32GB SSD drive.  Even for a pure HTPC 32GB is fairly tight after updates, caches, ….  You start with 15GB-18GB free and in ~6 months you’ll have 1GB free. 

If you plan to do light gaming and “standard computer” it just won’t be enough.  Most people with a 32GB SSD will move caches, the pagefile and other system folders to their data drive which really limits the usefulness of a SSD.  Spend a little extra and get a 60GB or 64GB drive.
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+1

32GB isn’t enough

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IMO the problem with the keyboard isn’t that you need it sometimes, but that you need it and a remote to get all your HTPC stuff done (like changing audio tracks in PDVD).

Having a remote with a keyboard isn’t quite the same thing; now if only it were universal 🙂

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To be clear, I wasn’t unhappy with the Nexus (it worked very well) – someone on AVS was having trouble getting an AC PWM fan working on the board figured it was worth a couple bucks to see if PWM fans were worth it (yes).

I’m not sure that it would be a good idea to mix different size/v fans on the same line so I didn’t share the PWM, it’s just used for the HSF. 

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[quote=”Mikinho”]
I forgot to add that when using a Core i5, plan on getting a 3rd party heatsinkfan. 
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Speaking of 3rd party fans – I just swapped in one of [url=http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=3_47_65&mID=341]these[/url] PWM fans for the Nexus I was using on the heatsink.  Been really happy with the results.

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If it’s like other network bridges you select both NICs, right click and select “Bridge Connections”.  Mikinho’s comments re. the MAC only apply to static DHCP assignments (i.e. where the MAC is used byt the DHCP server to assign the same IP address to the client each time).  If you use pure static assignments it shouldn’t apply.

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[quote=”flips”]
… is there a need to isntall AC3Filter for the older codecs?  It seems like ffdshow sends both new and old to the receiver.

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AC3Filter isn’t required, but in my experience AC3Filter is more reliable with AC3/DTS than ffdshow.

For e.g. skipping around a lot in a file can lose audio when using ffdshow.

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“access denied” means another application has an exclusive hold on the port.

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That’s weird – maybe it’s something they are planning to add in a future firmware revision.  I haven’t seen it show up in any of the DLNA browsers or noticed an application on the display.

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[quote=”swoon”]
does the VT25 support DLNA, PlayTo and media files via USB?
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AFAIK it does not support DLNA but does support playback from USB and SD card.

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Sounds like your PC is doing S1 standby, do you have S3 enabled in BIOS?

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