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Author:  tophee [ Wed May 27, 2009 5:54 am ]
Post subject:  Upgrade advice please
Hi guys,
I've just ordered a new TV and I intend to upgrade the hardware in my Mythbox.

I will be using some of the key components from my previous box.
Essentially I'll be reusing the tuner cards (Nova-t x2) and the storage (1x500gb Samsung Spinpoint + 1x1Tb Samsung Spinpoint). I intend to add a Nova-S for HD content sometime in the near future.

The new tv is a Samsung B37B650TW. I've ordered a hdmi cable to go with it and I've got a Nvidia 9500 w/512m ram which has an hdmi socket as it's tv out.

How do I set up the correct resolution for the tv from the outset? I'm considering reinstalling 5.5 as I have half an idea about what I am doing with that OS, compared to R6.

Should I go with R6 instead?

Many thanks in advance.

Chris
Author:  mihanson [ Wed May 27, 2009 5:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Upgrade advice please
tophee wrote:
How do I set up the correct resolution for the tv from the outset


If you edit your xorg.conf so that the first modeline it uses is "nvidia-auto-select" it should read the EDID of your TV/monitor and select the "best" resolution it's capable of. i.e.
Code:
Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "nvidia-auto-select" "1280x720" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
Author:  tophee [ Thu May 28, 2009 2:30 am ]
Post subject: 
Thanks for that mike.
That suggests a post install tweak. I guess I should go with a regular install (i.e. not using the 'tv' switch) on a 5.5 upgrade.
Author:  marc.aronson [ Thu May 28, 2009 9:19 am ]
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Just out of curiosity, what hardware are you upgrading to? I went from a Pentium D930 to a Core 2 Duo E8400 and my power consumption at idle dropped from 135 watts to 85 watts. Peak power consumption dropped from 180 watts to ~105 watts. This is a system with 2 disk drives and 3 tuners.

Marc
Author:  tophee [ Fri May 29, 2009 2:24 am ]
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Hi Marc,
As mentioned, the new TV is a Samsung B37B650TW (1080p) and although I'm only using DVB-t atm but the picture is fantastic, over HDMI.

Right the new hardware is:
E7400 with a TRUE cooler w. Noctura fan
Asus P5QL-E,
Gainward 9500GT w. 512mb ram
2G OZ PC6400 Ram
Tuner cards and hdd as in sig. (I'll update that later!)
I plan to add a DVB-S card and a slot loading DVD/BluRay drive - because one day...

I need to borrow the power gauge thing off my father-in-law to see what kind of power this set up now draws. My very unscientific view is it is a lot cooler running. Which means less power. :D

I'm very pleased with the setup now. Just need to build a ventilated cabinet but that's another story, which I intend to document when I get around to building it.

Regards Chris
Author:  tophee [ Fri May 29, 2009 11:12 am ]
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mmm, interesting.... my network card does not appear to be recognised. It's certainy enabled in the BIOS, but 5.5 says it's not recognised. Further investigation is required.

-Edit-
I ended up installing R6 beacause there is not kernal support for my new motherboard's network card in 5.5.
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