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Been waiting nearly 3 weeks for the 5000+, finally gave up when I saw the 4200+ Energy-Efficient model available, and was told maybe 2-3 weeks for faster EE's and the 5000+.
Anyway it all went together fine today, the only exception was having to pry off the moulded socket from a USB header on the board, so the floppy\media reader would fit.
Final spec was :-
Shuttle XPC SN27P2 Barebones
AMD Athlon X2 4200+ AM2 Dual-Core (Energy Efficient)
2Gb G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 NR Series
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache
NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter
Misumi 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black
Leadtek Winfast DTV-Dongle Digital TV USB2.0 Tuner
Western Digital Raptor 150Gb (As Boot)
Microsoft Remote Keyboard
Microsoft MCE2005 Remote
Microsoft MCE2005 Operating System
Anyway MCE2005 is flawless, and having it connected to my 50" plasma screen and THX Amp is pretty impressive, although I've yet to install and try any games, I've just been playing back music and video, and playing with the Freeview TV, which is impressive quiality for a tiny little usb dongle. It's also extremely quiet, you can only hear the box when it first spins up from standby.
Anyway I'm trying to install the Vista X64 Public Beta in dual-boot, so hope it doesn't mess everything up, after the time spent so far.
Anyway it all went together fine today, the only exception was having to pry off the moulded socket from a USB header on the board, so the floppy\media reader would fit.
Final spec was :-
Shuttle XPC SN27P2 Barebones
AMD Athlon X2 4200+ AM2 Dual-Core (Energy Efficient)
2Gb G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 NR Series
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache
NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter
Misumi 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black
Leadtek Winfast DTV-Dongle Digital TV USB2.0 Tuner
Western Digital Raptor 150Gb (As Boot)
Microsoft Remote Keyboard
Microsoft MCE2005 Remote
Microsoft MCE2005 Operating System
Anyway MCE2005 is flawless, and having it connected to my 50" plasma screen and THX Amp is pretty impressive, although I've yet to install and try any games, I've just been playing back music and video, and playing with the Freeview TV, which is impressive quiality for a tiny little usb dongle. It's also extremely quiet, you can only hear the box when it first spins up from standby.
Anyway I'm trying to install the Vista X64 Public Beta in dual-boot, so hope it doesn't mess everything up, after the time spent so far.
OK, couple of problems ....
1) 64-Bit Vista doesn't work, when it reboots for the final time after the install I just get a Black Screen. I 'can' get into Safe Mode, but to be honest as the Public Beta 2 is many revisions old now, I'm goping to wait for the RC1 puiblic release rather than mess around trying to troubleshoot it.
2) I cannot get the shuttle to boot from standby. When I first set the PC up I set S3 standby options in the BIOS before installing MCE. Ordinary restarting, shut down, restart is fine. But the computer standsby OK, but when you switch back on the fans spin up ans stay at maximum (sounds like a hairdryer( but it won't POST. Only disconnecting the power lead, and switching off the PSU, then back on again gest the shuttle starting again.
3) Assuming I can fix point 2, to be able to 'wake' the PC from standby via the MCE Remote and keyboard the MCE receiver needs to be connected to a USB Port with 5V standby enabled? There doesn't seem to be any Shuttle documentation that details this, other motherboards suggest there is a motherboard jumper to be set, although I doubt this is the case for the Shuttle, and also I can't find any Wake-Up options in the BIOS under power management (Wake from USB, needs enabling I gather).
As always, any pointers welcome.
1) 64-Bit Vista doesn't work, when it reboots for the final time after the install I just get a Black Screen. I 'can' get into Safe Mode, but to be honest as the Public Beta 2 is many revisions old now, I'm goping to wait for the RC1 puiblic release rather than mess around trying to troubleshoot it.
2) I cannot get the shuttle to boot from standby. When I first set the PC up I set S3 standby options in the BIOS before installing MCE. Ordinary restarting, shut down, restart is fine. But the computer standsby OK, but when you switch back on the fans spin up ans stay at maximum (sounds like a hairdryer( but it won't POST. Only disconnecting the power lead, and switching off the PSU, then back on again gest the shuttle starting again.
3) Assuming I can fix point 2, to be able to 'wake' the PC from standby via the MCE Remote and keyboard the MCE receiver needs to be connected to a USB Port with 5V standby enabled? There doesn't seem to be any Shuttle documentation that details this, other motherboards suggest there is a motherboard jumper to be set, although I doubt this is the case for the Shuttle, and also I can't find any Wake-Up options in the BIOS under power management (Wake from USB, needs enabling I gather).
As always, any pointers welcome.
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Joined 2006-08-13
I’ve heard back from Shuttle in Europe, with the following response:
Question 1: This can be related to memory or VGA card.
Please try another memory and another card. Background:
RAM: Error while data transfer to memory before S3 mode.
VGA: Overcurrent that cause problems with PSU 12V line.
Question 2: All XPC have 5V USB supply in suspend by default. There is no jumper or special BIOS config. To use MCE remote please see this FAQ. You need special driver and config to use this feature.
http://de.shuttle.com/en/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-246/316_read-10342/
re: 1 - I have been reading of lots of issues with DDR2 800MHz memory, but my Gskill booted fine from first install, and I haven’t had any crashes after 72 hours of use However the x1800xt card does specify requiring a 450W PSU whereas the Shuttle only has 400W, I believe, so could this be the issue? Unfortunately I don’t have other compatible memory or GFX card to test.
Is there a utility around that shows load on the PSU of the different components?
re.2 - After making the required changes to the settings, and replacing the standard USB registry fix, with the slightly modified Shuttle one still can’t get the system to resume from a MCE keyboard or remote press.
Does anyone else with a similar setup have the Standby Issue?
Joined 2006-08-13
I’ve heard back from Shuttle in Europe, with the following response:
Question 1: This can be related to memory or VGA card.
Please try another memory and another card. Background:
RAM: Error while data transfer to memory before S3 mode.
VGA: Overcurrent that cause problems with PSU 12V line.
Question 2: All XPC have 5V USB supply in suspend by default. There is no jumper or special BIOS config. To use MCE remote please see this FAQ. You need special driver and config to use this feature.
http://de.shuttle.com/en/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-246/316_read-10342/
re: 1 - I have been reading of lots of issues with DDR2 800MHz memory, but my Gskill booted fine from first install, and I haven’t had any crashes after 72 hours of use However the x1800xt card does specify requiring a 450W PSU whereas the Shuttle only has 400W, I believe, so could this be the issue? Unfortunately I don’t have other compatible memory or GFX card to test.
Is there a utility around that shows load on the PSU of the different components?
re.2 - After making the required changes to the settings, and replacing the standard USB registry fix, with the slightly modified Shuttle one still can’t get the system to resume from a MCE keyboard or remote press.
Does anyone else with a similar setup have the Standby Issue?