The TV computer has died (again?). Time to swap hardware around, AGAIN, to try and get it working with a different mainboard.
I'm beginning to think it would be worth the $200 or so it would take to get a GOOD mainboard/CPU/RAM for it, and a decent sized hard drive instead of the array of old drives I have. Unfortunately, that requires $200 that I really don't think I should spend.
Is it really that difficult to find an x86 system that can take being pounded hardcore for months on end? I don't know if I just ask too much of systems, or if I just have really bad luck, but I can't for the life of me seem to keep an x86 box running under load unless it's *brand new* hardware (and even then, I haven't fully stressed out wombat - just light load and the riot photos slashdotting).
-=Russ=-
Posted by rgraves at September 24, 2004 11:16 AMActually, as odd as this is, our (4 year old) x86 Viao laptop runs hard, and I've only had to replace a hard drive (the new one is months old).
Also, I still have my dual PII 400 box from 1998. Granted it doesn't work as hard as the computers at the office, but I consider 6 years pretty good.
Also, the 12 dual Xeon boxed in our grad lab have been pounded really hard all last year. That room is constantly filled with electronics heat. They seem to be holding up well. Of course, they are workstation hardware.
Apparently, YMMV.
BTW, isn't the TV computer a shuttle case? Do you think that the shuttle mainboard has anything to do with it?
Posted by: Tony at September 24, 2004 04:16 PMNo, it used to be a Shuttle, that changed a long time ago (I sold both Shuttles I had). It's "RandomATX" now.
-=Russ=-
Posted by: Russ at September 24, 2004 10:22 PMFor less than $200, you can get a really sweet TV. I know that takes the fun out of it, but...
Posted by: Pat at September 27, 2004 10:44 AMWell, this computer is hooked up to the TV to display various movies/TV eps/etc that have been obtained over the DSL connection. Unless you know of a TV that runs BitTorrent and plays XviD files...
-=Russ=-
Posted by: Russ at September 27, 2004 03:52 PM