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04-21-2008
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$91.00
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8.3
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Description:
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Mini-itx form factor, "all-in-one" motherboard with multi-media capabilities
Specification
VIA VB7001 Specifications
Model Name • VIA VB7001G
• VIA VB7001AG (no TV-out)
Processor • VIA C7®-D 1.5GHz NanoBGA2
Chipset • VIA CN700 North Bridge
• VIA VT8237R Plus South Bridge
System Memory • 1 DDR2 400/533 DIMM socket
• Up to 1GB memory size
VGA • Integrated VIA UniChrome Pro AGP graphics with MPEG-2 decoding acceleration
Expansion Slots •1 PCI slot
Onboard IDE • 2 UltraDMA 133/100/66 connectors
Onboard Serial ATA • 2 SATA connectors
Onboard LAN • VIA VT6103L 10/100Mbps Ethernet PHY
Onboard Audio • VIA VT1618 8 channel AC'97 Codec
Onboard TV Out • VIA VT1622AM SDTV Encoder
Onboard I/O Connectors • 2 USB connectors for 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
• 1 FIR connector
• 1 SMBus connector
• 1 Buzzer
• 1 S/PDIF-out connector(optical)
• 1 CIR connector (Switchable for KB/MS)
• 1 Front-panel audio connector for line-out and mic-in
• 2 Fan connectors for CPU and System fans
• 1 ATX power connector
Back Panel I/O • 1 PS2 mouse port
• 1 PS2 keyboard port
• 1 S-Video port(optional)
• 1 RCA port for composite TV out(optional) or S/PDIF(coaxial)
• 1 Serial port
• 1 VGA port
• 1 RJ-45 LAN port
• 2 USB 2.0 ports
• 3 Audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in (Horizontal, Smart 5.1 Support)
BIOS • Award BIOS
• LPC 4Mbit flash memory
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Keywords:
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mini-itx C7
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
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Chipset:
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VIA CN700 Northbridge; VIA 8237R Plus Southbridge
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08-20-2007, 11:52 PM
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Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: slackware, mandrake
Posts: 35
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.22.1
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Distribution:
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Slackware v12
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I was able to install Slackware easily with this motherboard. I downloaded and installed the video driver from openchrome.org, following their compilation and installation instructions. Until that is done, you are stuck with the xorg vesa driver. I haven't been able to install the dri and 3d driver yet though, due to some connectivity issue. This is a low-power motherboard and makes a very quiet computer. It is perfect for web surfing and office-type stuff, plays audio very well, seems to play dvd's well, and has multimedia capabilities that I have not explored.
The only issue is driver development lagging behind the hardware capabilities and spotty Linux support. However, it is one of my favorites of all the M/B's I've had.
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01-07-2008, 02:19 AM
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#2
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.23.12
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Distribution:
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Slackware 12.0
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I'm using this motherboard in a MythTV set top box (2 250GB SATA HDD, CD/DVD RW ODD, Hauppauge PVR-250 TV capture card). The hardware MPEG2 decoding (XvMC) and hardware graphics acceleration using the openchrome drivers work very well. The only major issue I ran into was a bug in xorg-server-1.3.0 (comes with Slackware 12.0) which causes the X server to crash in certain scenarios with the VIA graphics chipset. Specifically, if you exit the mythtv program guide while watching live tv, the X server crashes. I was able to completely resolve this by upgrading to the slackware-current version of xorg-server.
It's also very low power (my case has a 90W power supply) and does not produce an excessive amount of heat. My case has 2 5cm fans. During regular MythTV recording/playback, the air blowing out of the box is only slightly warmer than the ambient temperature, and the load average is around 0.40. Note, this is with hardware MPEG2 encoding (TV tuner) and decoding (VIA motherboard).
The previous poster mentioned driver development lagging behind the hardware capabilities. Although this may be true, I have not experienced problems where the drivers lacked a feature I needed. They also mentioned spotty Linux support. I never had to interact with VIA for support. I was able to resolve any driver issues that came up via Google.
Bottom line is I'm incredibly satisfied with this motherboard.
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01-23-2008, 08:57 AM
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#3
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Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 0
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $91.00 | Rating: 0
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ebenblues - What driver did you end up using, the Openchrome?
Also, have you tried the s-video output to a Tv at all - any opinions?
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04-21-2008, 03:57 PM
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#4
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Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: Fedora 8
Posts: 11
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.24-gentoo-r4
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Distribution:
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Gentoo Linux
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This is a very good motherboard but I'm having some troubles with CPU frequency scaling and VT1211 CPU sensor. The e_powersaver module doesn't work with this CPU (Esther C7): I guess it's a BIOS problem because the kernel reports that the CPU supports power management. The CPU sensor shows negative temperatures (LM-Sensors 3.0.1 lacks support for this CPU).
Anyone had some luck?
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