(2014-05-07, 16:41)MediaPi Wrote: (2014-05-07, 10:49)hjolli Wrote: I got a Gigabyte GA-J1800N-D2H about 2 weeks ago.
It works like a charm out of the box almost.
I updated to the F3 bios.
Installed ubuntu 14.04 and xbmc 13.
It plays everything I have is totally silent runs cool and the xbmc interface is fast.
Had 2 issues that took some time resolving but are now fixed.
The first one was getting my mce remote to work and the second was some tearing in the video.
The remote problem was solved with.
1. Upgrading to mainline kernel
Code:
mkdir -p /tmp/kern && cd /tmp/kern
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.1-trusty/linux-headers-3.14.1-031401_3.14.1-031401.201404141220_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.1-trusty/linux-headers-3.14.1-031401-generic_3.14.1-031401.201404141220_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.1-trusty/linux-image-3.14.1-031401-generic_3.14.1-031401.201404141220_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.14.1-*.deb linux-image-3.14.1-*.deb
sudo reboot
source http://www.yourownlinux.com/2014/04/inst...linux.html
2. Using the dkms_mceusb module instead of the one builtin the kernel
Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:tikhonov/fixes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mceusb-dkms
sudo reboot
source http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2203116
The tearing problem was solved by doing this with-nvidia-331
Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:timo-jyrinki/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian
source http://askubuntu.com/questions/450593/ho...nvidia-331
the only problem I have left is that the efi boot fails sometimes.
When I shutdown the box and start it up again or reboot I just get the efi shell with no boot options.
Shut it down again and it boots up normally.
Any one having the same problem ?
Just spent over an hour and a half reading this thread and kept thinking in my head these look like real HTPC rather than say Amazon Fire Tv. yet checked the price for one of these boards and they cost around £50. So another £50 for peripherals.
seriously everyone else is talking about arm boards at twice the cost and this for £50 what makes firetv more appealing than these boards? is it because it takes more effort to set one up?
Whats the catch why arn't people buying these "boards". I'm a complete noob and if I was to set one up what would I need, I read something about pico psu, I'm guessing some ram. and will a USB be fine to boot ubuntu from? and is it as easy as installing like you do on a laptop. Seriously this sounds amazing and I would appreciate someone giving kind advice. I want to learn the stuff you guys do. this thread is like where the smart folks hang out.
hjolli thankyou for your post I think I will try and buy one. would appreciate if you could do a run down of the parts you used so I know what I need. feel like a kid in a sweetshop. (coming from a guy that only has xbmc running on a pi )
First you need to decide on one of the baytrail boards. Do you want a cheap or expensive one? Do you want the dualcore or the quadcore? Do you need some specific feature?
Then you need the following:
Power supply: Most of the boards require an ATX power supply. You could use a standard one, but they aren't built for this kind of board and waste a lot of power, heat and noise. So I would suggest a pico PSU or similar, which also enables you to use a much smaller case. Some cases even have one built in. Depending on the board, you may need the 90W Pico PSU or another PSU which has the 4pin ATX connector.
RAM: Most of the boards use PC3L SO-DIMMS. Those are the low voltage variants of the kind of RAM you find in laptops. They are slightly more expensive than the standard ones. But there are some boards, which allow Normal SO-DIMMS, or even the desktop kind.
Storage: You could use a USB drive, but it would hurt the performance. I suggest a small SSD which have become rather cheap lately
Case: You don't really need one except for the power button, but they are nice to have anyway. Most boards use a mini ITX design, but there are also bigger ones which are mATX.
So there is a broad range of different builds you could achive, so I will give you two examples, which I have built myself:
The first one, which uses the first available board in Germany and could otherwise be more cost effective if I had known then what I know now:
Gigabyte J1800-D2H: 61,77€
Pico PSU 90W: 29,95€
Crucial CT4G3S1339MCEU Arbeitsspeicher 4GB (1333MHz, CL9) DDR3-RAM: 34,98€
SanDisk SSD-Festplatte SATA-III SDSSDP-128G: 62,13€
Chieftec IX-01B-OP Compact Serie Mini-Tower: 26,38€
Total: 215,21€ ~300$
The second one:
ASRock Q1900-ITX ITX J1900: 77,94€
Inter-Tech E-3002 ITX Tower 60 Watt (case with included PSU): 39,10€
Crucial CT4G3S1339MCEU Arbeitsspeicher 4GB (1333MHz, CL9) DDR3-RAM: 34,98€
SAMSUNG SSD 120GB 840 EVO: 88,99€
Total: 241,01€ ~335$
Those are the prices I paid, sometimes months ago. I bought the SSDs long before I got the baytrail motherboards and used them in different builds. So expect prices to be different now, since at least the SSD prices have dropped.
If I wanted to do a minimal, cheap build, I would get this one:
Biostar J1800NH2: 47€
LC-Power LC-1340mi ITX Tower 75 Watt: 33€
2GB RAM: ~20€
Some USB drive, or harddrive you may be able to scavenge from some old computer: 0€
Total: 100€ (The amount is a complete coincidence btw) ~140$