is this boot up normal?

Buchanan0204 · 15 Aug 2011 at 21:36

Phage said:
Looked fine to me. If you're feeling brave you could always look for a newer BIOS. But...I doubt that it would make any difference. If it aint broke....

feeling brave?

_Jimlad_ · 15 Aug 2011 at 21:56

I'm on the latest BIOS. I just thought it took a while to post. Will try sata ports 0 and 1 tomorrow

Jordan97 · 15 Aug 2011 at 23:34

Phage said:
Looked fine to me. If you're feeling brave you could always look for a newer BIOS. But...I doubt that it would make any difference. If it aint broke....

You make it sound like it is life threatening

Subliminal Aura · 16 Aug 2011 at 00:09

Bit noisy mate :/

I bet it sounds worse with the cover on

_Jimlad_ · 16 Aug 2011 at 07:56

Subliminal Aura said:
Bit noisy mate :/

I bet it sounds worse with the cover on

its a lot of noise from the film, the fan is just noisy on boot up, its pretty quiet overall.

ps - love you HTPC Build mate, very cool

pctestcard.com · 16 Aug 2011 at 07:59

I used to seen Asus mainboard got its own Bios boot up OS for internet browsing called "Expressed Gate" os. We have to disable it in the Bios otherwise it is going to take 10 to 30seconds before the HDD boot to the Microsoft Windows.

Maybe you can check with your mobo and see if it comes with similar Bios OS app installed and needs to disable that in the Bios.

Generally, it boots up fine though.

Hope this helps!
Bill
Tech Manager
Wptinc

Subliminal Aura · 16 Aug 2011 at 08:03

_Jimlad_ said:
its a lot of noise from the film, the fan is just noisy on boot up, its pretty quiet overall.

ps - love you HTPC Build mate, very cool

Thanks dude... Still running strong for a low powered 24/7 machine

_Jimlad_ · 16 Aug 2011 at 09:11

Subliminal Aura said:
Thanks dude... Still running strong for a low powered 24/7 machine

do you use it to play video?

i have my old shuttle hooked up in the front room, which has a meaty cpu, AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 GHz Processor. but had to buy a new video card as the onboard could not encode at a sensible speed.

Subliminal Aura · 16 Aug 2011 at 10:35

_Jimlad_ said:
do you use it to play video?

i have my old shuttle hooked up in the front room, which has a meaty cpu, AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 GHz Processor. but had to buy a new video card as the onboard could not encode at a sensible speed.

Yes of course - That's the whole purpose for it

It sits in the living room connected to the TV via HDMI ...

Software : ubuntu/XBMC/SickBeard/SabNZB+/Torrentfluxb4rt/My home monitoring kit
Temp/Semi temp Storage : 2 x 3TB drives that just sit there in silicone cases connected using SATA cables taken from inside the case (15 min idle spin down on 1 and 2 min idle spin down on the other)