anyone know how to autostart XBMC when booting up the pc?

not via windows startup or adding things in the registry

thx.

guys,

i'm having scaling issues with my old 9600gt card. connecting via dvi to hdmi converter.

seems like the lower portion is over stretched. and i have to set my tv to fit the output nicely. but if i do that certain feature in my tv will be disabled.

any idea?

kianwee,

i got that casing from singapore but without the remote as in ur picture. asked a friend to bring it over.

got it for 800rm+ after conversion. it's one hell of a casing

the innards are cheap .. i mean my htpc.
i'll post some pics of the inside once i get it out frm my phone.

hey bro(accs_center), ur the one who got me poisoned and bought the casing. and i got the casing from the website u gave me . haha

i wanted to buy the silver one but they hv stopped selling them. took the black one with lcd instead.

This post has been edited by temppei: May 10 2010, 10:59 AM

Hi guys,

The inside of my Antec Fusion Black casing. This is the only pic i can find in my phone.



cheers

Hi Guys,

just bought the 4 bay hotway casing. Having prob getting all hdds detected via esata. using gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H. running on win7.

any ideas? manual says support port multiplier. but wonder why cant detect the hdds in the hotway casing. USB is fine.

Updated ahci drivers etc. doesnt seem to work still.

hi peter,

it's a nice casing, good built, very functional, lots of notification, etc. fan is quiet at low speed.
i'm hunting high and low for a solution. still cant find one. Esata speed with this unit is fast. i can get constant around 90 - 100m. looks nice and it's not big. rather heavy for a case, coz of the alluminium case.


good buy .. if can get the esata to work with multiple hdds.

Hi Paskal,

got it from one of the big seller in lyn, delivered to my office. good service .

hi Peter,

thanks for the link. I've tried, AHCI is enabled. and even from the bootup before windows it's detecting one hdd only. so i'd say it's not a prob in windows. Updated to the latest bios F11. seems to be the same. Initially i had probs detecting one hdd as well, but after updating the ahci driver frm AMD website, it worked. but only 1 hdd. the rest just stucks there.

probably the mobo doesnt support port multiplier.

hi heihachi,
thinking of getting one of those esata off the shelf, saw one in web for rm60 tht supports port multiplier, but heck wont know if it works or not as well.

my fren got it working with his gigabyte board running on xp. he said he tried for hours and finally it worked, different board but still on amd chipset but prolly the esata controller is different. just trying my luck heh..

hi paskal,
i get ur drift .. but i'm running my system in my living, off a htpc casing, so i have limited space and i do not want a toasty system with fans spinning at high rpms. Need to be quiet and efficient in power as well. i bought that coz it saves space, it's small and it runs on one power adapter for 4 hdds! imagine if i were to add and add externals ... will eventually have 4 power adapters.

i have plenty of sata ports and usb ports as well. but so far tested all doesnt work with my hdd casing. doesnt detect more than 1 hdd chained together.

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Added on June 6, 2010, 11:31 pmpeter,
i saw it for rm68 in lelong.com. i think the seller sells it here as well. problem is i cant confirm if it works or not. no experience .. haha

i dont mind getting one, been getting eye bags over this, wasting my time testing all sorts of drivers etc.

really man, if u need space saving casing, which hav good built quality, i think this is the best buy for now.

it's so neat on my tv rack now just next to my center speaker, about the same height as well.

This post has been edited by temppei: Jun 6 2010, 11:31 PM

Hi Peter,
The casing is quiet at low fan speed. the only irk i hav with the casing is the front door, keeps coming out. It is really fast connected to esata on the gigabyte board, getting 90 - 120 on average.
tried on an asus board wasnt as fast

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Added on June 7, 2010, 11:12 amHi Hairycrab,

most of the pcs in my offices is Dell. and they are pretty silent. but is it going to match ur interior in ur living?

This post has been edited by temppei: Jun 7 2010, 11:12 AM

i'm getting two of these.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1482489&hl=



good itx mobo with all the bells and whistles for a small htpc.

This post has been edited by temppei: Jul 14 2010, 04:41 PM

kianwee,
solid for most

nice review : http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboa...rboard-review/1

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/953
got me hooked.

twtang, cheapest h55 itx board i've scouted so far.

This post has been edited by temppei: Jul 14 2010, 05:18 PM

twtang,

nice stuff
i too hav htpc already, itchy wanna try itx to test, can carry around when travelling, another one for my friend's rig..

u can get those slightly bigger itx casing with normal psu.

got lar bro..
i just did a simple search on the net and found this : http://www.slashgear.com/lian-li-unveils-p...tx-psu-1234014/

it looks ugly imo,

i think it's available in lyn as well. if better looking ones and those exotic kind, then have to be resourceful and find from elsewhere
i bought my current htpc (matx not itx) casing frm SG and at one point was thinking of importing from China or US myself.

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Added on July 15, 2010, 11:45 amQwerty,

those popular brands are well above rm500 bucks. expensive


This post has been edited by temppei: Jul 15 2010, 11:45 AM

Guys with 5 series ATI card,

which driver revision are you all using now? i had issues with 10.8 now using 10.9 - scaling probs solved. but i can see color banding.

btw am using 5770.

Hi Paskal, to be precise, it's more like the ati app will reset the scaling bck to the old setting or something like that upon resetting or restarting your pc. to recall back the setting, just need to launch the program, which to me is a hassle.

it's a known issue in 10.8. if you do a google about scaling resetting, ther's quite a few of them complaining. but funny thing is, it doesnt effect some ppl as i've noticed. i started using 10.8 and hav no clue if 10.6 have issues or not.

Just would like to know if there's any improvement in comparison to the older drivers, in terms of movie PQ. if there's improvement why wanna stick to the old drivers right since it's free. but if the older ones like the 10.6 have vast improvements albeit an older driver, i will not hesitate to remove and re-install the older driver.

cheers!

probably 10.6 doesnt have this issue.
cant use just fit. using a plasma. function to help reduce burn in/retention will be disabled.

hi Pap,

which revision driver are you using? based on the useful article posted by LightAstral, seems like 10.6 and above only have those functions.

Hi Calvin,

How much is the total cost for the Zino based on your specs? sorry if i have missed out in the earlier posts.

Have always wanted to get one, but when they first launched, the specs were a little below par.