Zotac IONITX-A Atom N330 Nvidia Ion?

just wanted to say, that the "A"-boards in germany are now available and they have the usb-power-jumper on board.
got mine yesterday.

Hi Hermand

Did you try the performance with flash in the end? Thanks...

fred82 Wrote:Hi Hermand

Did you try the performance with flash in the end? Thanks...

I did and sadly, HD Flash video won't play well at all. There does appear to be a workaround, though as apparently you can download the FLV and play it in MPlayer which does have VDPAU.

I'm gonna have a play with that.

I did, however, get the wireless sorted and that's sweet now. I actually managed to stream a 16Gb 1080p file. It wasn't 100% perfect, but plenty watchable.

Personally though - I've given up on the file server idea, I think I'm just gonna put the hard drive in with the HTPC. I was originally going for a silent PC, but the HDD is quieter than the fan. I can't hear it from more than a few feet and you can't hear it at all when anythings playing. No more intrusive than a DVD player.

Managed to sort overscan, too - my TV had a "Full HD" option and setting that sorted it.

Okay, I just used http://www.keephd.com to grab the new T4 trailer. Downloaded an MP4 which promptly played back great in XBMC. It's not a perfect solution as obviously it's not streamed, but I'll bet someone will whip up a better way in no time!

donabi Wrote:just wanted to say, that the "A"-boards in germany are now available and they have the usb-power-jumper on board.
got mine yesterday.

Can you explain this, please, mate? What jumper and where on the board?

there is a jumper near the power-plug.
(just like any other jumper on a hardrive).

after setting it, my usb-mouse keeps up glowing, while the system is off.
so there is usb-power ON, while the system is OFF.

many users mentioned it as a "no-go". the first revision didn't have a usb-power feature.

but, after testing for some hours, i can't wake the system.
i don't mean waking from hybernate or something.
totally off. the only way to wake it up, is to push the button.
so i don't know a way to power-on this board with an ir-remote.
ps/2 and usb didn't work.

another thought:
the power-adapter itself consumes 17-18 watts.
even when it is not plugged into the mainboard.

so, why do i build a power-saving xbox-alternative-system when it consumes so much power when it is off?

damn. no good day for my ego

the psu is one of the least things, i thought about, while planning a htpc.

but now, with this 17 watts, i have to send it back to the store.
i'm using my xbox about 2 hours a day.
the rest of the day it stays off (power still plugged in)
it needs nearly 165 watts per day.

the ion-board would take 450 watts.

no way. it makes me sad, but this is definitly a "NO-GO" for me.
and still, i can't believe that it was never mentioned before.

by the way: the asrock ionstar needs 1 watt, when it is OFF.

Hi mate, how did you confirm the PSU power consumption? When the boards not on mine doesn't seem to get warm or anything and the LED is hardly gonna consume much. Is it possible you have a faulty one?

donabi Wrote:it needs nearly 165 watts per day.

the ion-board would take 450 watts.

This really makes no sense.

Please read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt#Confus...watt-hours

EDIT: With a calculator I came to the conclusion that you mean that the ION draws 450 watt-hours per day (even when off). Damn that's a power hungry PSU.

i've used one of this


when the MoBo is "ON" it shows about 30 to 40 watt.
just as expected.

but when the MoBo is "OFF" it still shows 17 to 18 Watt.

i've made another test with my laptop/notebook-psu.
no power-consumption when it is not plugged in the laptop.