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2012-11-14, 18:00
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-14, 18:02 by DeanM3.)
I'm doing a similar build, so I thought I would chime in.
I'm using the ASROCK Mini-ITX board with a A6-5400K, with 2x2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1866. Using a PicoPSU 150W with a 120W brick.
For a cooler I chose the the Scythe Kozuti. The only installation issue was that I had to remove one side of the heat spreader of the 2nd dimm to be able to fit the cpu cooler and both sticks of ram. For some reason, the ASROCK BIOS (when set to level 1 for the CPU fan ) still keeps the fan at over 2k RPM. I used a custom setting to bring the fan down to about 1600RPM, which is inaudible.
Temps were 34C at idle and power consumption at 33 watts.
I didn't have time last night to install the OS, but can someone point me in the right path for getting this FM2 rig setup? Is there a nightly for the xbmcbuntu that works out of the box for hdmi+audio and this FM2 chip?
Thanks in advance.
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2012-11-15, 04:17
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-15, 04:18 by TriNitro.)
If you turn the contacts around to the other side not shown in the picture, isnt there + or - symbols on there? Otherwise I'd just guess that the side with the black cable is - and colored is +.
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Actually, my problem is that the power led plug is 3 spot (having the middle empty) and the connector only have 2 spots for it. I guess I have to find another connector and remove both cable from this one or just swap one of them to be in the middle.
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Yes, swap one into the middle and then leave the blank end hanging off the edge of the front panel header.