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12-24-2004
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None indicated
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9.0
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Description:
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This system is a different class from the previous SN41 model partly due to the NVIDIA chipset, but also due to the new 250w PSU. The litte box feels very fast under Slackware and it is almost silent in operation.
This should have a "Designed for Linux" badge on the box..
Spec and details....
Mainboard:
Shuttle FN41 v3.1, Shuttle form factor, proprietary design for SN41G2V2
chipset:
NVIDIA nForce2 (Crush 18G)
Award V6.0PG BIOS, 4MBit flash memory
with hardware monitoring and ACPI power management functions
dimensions: 25.4 x 18.5 cm
Power supply unit:
Silent-X 250 Watt mini PSU, supports 115/230V
connectors: 20-pin ATX, 4-pin ATX12V
Processor support:
Socket A supports AMD Athlon XP und Duron processors
at 400, 333, 266 oder 200 FSB, also Sempron support
supports Burn Proof CPU protection for Athlon XP
Processor cooling system:
Shuttle I.C.E. (Integrated Cooling Engine)
advanced Heatpipe technology
smart fan control, 80mm cooling fan
Memory support:
2 x 184 pin slots, supports Dual Channel
supports PC3200/2700/2100/1600 (DDR400/333/266/200) DDR SDRAM memory
up to a total size of 2GB
Caution: DDR400 is only supported in conjunction with an additional (plugged-in) AGP-graphics card
no support of buffered or ECC-modules
Expansion slots:
1 x AGP 8X/4X (1,5V only)
1 x 32 Bit PCI (v2.2)
Integrated graphics controller, Dual VGA
Northbridge with integrated GeForce4 MX graphics processor
up to 128MB Shared Memory (UMA)
Highend-256Bit-2D/3D-accelerator
nView Dual-Display-architecture
integrated 300MHz D/A-converter
max. resolution: 1920x1440
including TV output
6-channel Audio:
Realtek ALC650 5.1 channel audio controller
AC97 v2.2 compiant
analog: line-in/out (6-ch), microphone, CD-in, AUX
digital: optical SPDIF in/out
LAN controller:
Realtek 8201BL Fast Ethernet network controller
supports 10 / 100 MBit/s opteration
Firewire controller:
IEEE1394 Firewire controller Realtek 8801
with 3 Firewire connectors (1x front and 2x rear)
supports 400Mb/s, 200Mb/s, 100Mb/s data transfer rate
Drive connectors:
2 x IDE ATA 133 drives
1 x floppy disk drive
lspci output:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev a2)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
0000:01:06.0 Network controller: Linksys [ADMtek] SP906B_V2 Wireless LAN adapter (rev 11)
0000:03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3)
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Shuttle SN41G2 Xpc silentX SFF
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Chipset:
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NVIDIA nForce2
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12-24-2004, 07:56 AM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: PCLinuxOS
Posts: 485
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r6
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Distribution:
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gentoo
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Can't remember what I paid, it was the cheapest price by far on the net from microdirect.co.uk
I agree with the "Description". It gets 9/10 instead of 10/10 because the on-board graphics don't work if you set the FSB to 200MHz. Before I did that, I could crank it as far as about 183MHz and it was fine. The graphics, though only GeForce 4MX compatible, were the best on-board graphics I had ever experienced. By adding a cheap nvidia card (FX5200), I have been able to crank it up to 200MHz, disguising my Athlon XP2500+ as a 3200+.
The only criticism from a Linux point of view is that the optional internal WLAN is Prism3_USB, which is a pain.
The sound, video, USB1.1, USB2.0, IEEE1394, "just works" with very little tweaking. A friendly distro like Mandrake just detects everything correctly, and in Gentoo it's a straightforward to compile the kernel as it ever gets.
There is another criticism -- Framebuffer mode is difficult and running X causes text screens to crash. Hardly a problem in my book, as pretty boot-up screens, while nice, are not a priority.
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