<div dir="ltr">Is there not a setting for "boot regardless of errors"?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Byron Jeff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:byronjeff@mail.clayton.edu" target="_blank">byronjeff@mail.clayton.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi folks,<br>
<br>
Long story. Problem is at the bottom of the post...<br>
<br>
A couple of years ago in search for a quieter desktop I purchased an Intel<br>
D2500HN MB with integrated Atom processor and video. At the time I could<br>
not figure out how to get the silly thing to boot, so I put it aside.<br>
<br>
Last month I reluctantly rejoined the Comcast legion as they save me $90 a<br>
month vs individual services and have 105Mb residential internet. I walked<br>
away from them last time because they needlessly encrypted their content<br>
such that each outlet required a settop box. At the time I was running a<br>
MythTV setup capturing analog content. Encryption killed that.<br>
<br>
My hopes that their whole house DVR service being usable were<br>
pretty quickly dashed. The integration between the DVR and the individual<br>
settop boxes is woefully lacking. I swiched from DISH and their Hopper<br>
setup. It's miles better in terms of both DVR integration and home media<br>
integration to the house DLNA server. And of course the settop boxes cost<br>
$10 a month apiece.<br>
<br>
Fortunately while I was away, solutions to the tuning of encrypted channels<br>
has been solved. I bought a HDHomerun Prime, got a cablecard from Comcast<br>
for $1.50 a month, and now I have three available HD tuners that MythTV can<br>
once again use. So I'm back into the MythTV business. I've done some<br>
testing using Kodi as a front end on a RasPi and it looks really good with<br>
each of LiveTV, Recorded, and DLNA home media. Just as a quick aside, if<br>
you try this setup and Live TV doesn't work, disable IPV6 in the myth<br>
backend.<br>
<br>
So on to my problem, which is the backend. In trying to implement the<br>
backend using cheap, efficient, and quiet components, I built one around a<br>
pcdiuno3 nano, which is a RasPi workalike with integrated SATA and Gigabit<br>
Ethernet. It works, but unfortunately it's unstable, locking up at random<br>
intervals.<br>
<br>
So in my search for more stability, I happened across the D2500HN again.<br>
It's faster, more memory, passively cooled, and Intel based. Perfect for<br>
the application. I dusted it off, threw in some laptop DDR3 Ram, and<br>
attempted to boot it again. Again no luck. But with some real motivation to<br>
actually get it working I dug a bit more. Eventually I came across a post<br>
that indicated that the boot booted with a PCI video card, and did not<br>
without one. I happened to have a PCI vidcard handy, threw it in, and lo<br>
and behold the board finally booted!<br>
<br>
I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version I could find and dug through the<br>
settings. On video the settings were Auto, External, and Manual. Since I<br>
wanted to get rid of the PCI card, I selected manual. But instead of seeing<br>
a listing with both the internal and external video adapters, the BIOS only<br>
shows the external adapter for selection.<br>
<br>
So I'm stuck. The board boots, but only if the external PCI video is<br>
physically installed. Even worse is that I'm trying into install into a low<br>
profile case, but the boot fails if I plug the card into the PCI riser. It<br>
only works if it's plugged directly into the PCI slot.<br>
<br>
I've never seen this before, and am seeking some help. If I'm really stuck<br>
I guess I'll just keep the card and just have it sticking out of the box I<br>
was planning to use. But this is going to be a headless box. So<br>
it really doesn't need even one video adapter, much less two.<br>
<br>
Any suggestions welcome.<br>
<br>
BAJ<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Byron A. Jeff<br>
Associate Professor: Department of Computer Science and Information Technology<br>
College of Information and Mathematical Sciences<br>
Clayton State University<br>
<a href="http://faculty.clayton.edu/bjeff" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://faculty.clayton.edu/bjeff</a><br>
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