Aaron Ledger
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You can control the fan using either motherboard BIOS settings (if your BIOS supports it) or a program like SpeedFan. The problem with this approach in your situation though is that if the fan is speeding up under load, it is necessary to cool the CPU down so preventing that from occurring with altered fan settings will potentially damage the CPU.
That means you really need to get a better cooler. I generally like tower style heat sinks with big fans since they can spin slowly and still keep the CPU cool. Depending on your case, there may be some size restrictions. Also, if going with a tower cooler, there is usually a backplate to sit against the motherboard to prevent flex and help support the large cooler. This means you either have to have a cutout access to the back of the motherboard or will need to remove it for installation.
There are other options too. You need to understand what your case can support and whether you want one with backplate or push-pin.
Thanks, that is good info. Hopefully, the issue can be resolved soon. I have noticed this occur on occasion though it is pretty rare.
Definitely update your BIOS and see what happens. After that, if it is still happening, open up the Resource Manager and try to correlate the playback issue with some task or service that is running.
That sucks. Sounds like maybe you had a bad motherboard.
Did you ever narrow anything down here? If not, I will give some commentary.
In the guide, there is an instruction for resetting to default on the server. I don’t think you will need to uninstall the driver.
You can normally perform the reset inside WMC, but of course, that option doesn’t exist in server OS.
That’s a scenario I am unsure of. Normally, you would reset the tuner on Rocket to release the binding. I imagine you could release all the bindings and reset on your WHS and then set them up again.
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Moto sells STB to cable companies. I am fairly doubtful that cable is particularly interested in purchasing STBs that integrate services that turn them into wholesale bit providers. If this is what Google tries to do with Moto, I’m sure Cisco/SA will be more than willing to provide the STBs to MSOs.
I have personally not experienced choppiness with 7MC using the i3-2100 running 1080p in my primary HTPC. As far as using the 7MC UI, my experience has been identical whether using the 2000, 3000 or even a much more powerful GPU.
Modular and fanless are both great features, you’ll just need to assign a value to them.
There’s really little reason to pay extra for the i3-2105 over the i3-2100. Yes, it has HD Graphics 3000 vs. 2000, but unless you’re gaming, it won’t change your experience. If you are gaming, the 3000 graphics will likely not be too satisfying.
Sure, a Gen. 3 SATA III SSD is better to have, I don’t think you’ll notice much difference in practice with an HTPC. The big jump is really going from a HDD to an SSD in the first place.
SATA III isn’t going to have any meaningful effect on power consumption.
The case should have plenty of airflow. You should ask yourself though if going fanless for your PSU is truly worth the price. The 380W S12II is MUCH less expensive ($75 vs. $130) and uses a large 120mm fan although it is not modular. I have the 330W version (no longer sold) and I can’t hear it over other fans. Your system noise is all going to come down to what is the loudest component in the system and how high it is above the noise floor of your room. Don’t get me wrong, I would love the supply myself, but it may not really make a difference for you.
The hard part is covering the $200 budget. You’ll get the flexibility you need out of a PC-based solution, the budget requirement is a problem though. If you could live with some limitations, you might want to look at something like the Boxee Box. There’s even a SageBoxee app in development for Boxee which might be helpful for your situation.
I do not recommend lower than a 60GB OS drive. When Service Packs come down, it is handy to have the space. You also want room for any programs you might install. As far as Win8 goes, we’ve been told it will not require more resources than Windows 7.
The reason why you will see recommendations to use an i5 for commercial skip analysis is because of it’s CPU intense nature. With the i3, you’ll probably want to limit the cores used to one so that you have a free core to handle other duties. With the i5, you can dedicate more cores to the process to get the jobs done faster.
You will see minimal or no difference in performance with MyMovies and MediaBrowser.
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