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In Reply to: Re: building dedicated music server/pc.... posted by Ron on September 23, 2006 at 16:35:32:
1. What would be a good bare-bones motherboard? I obviously don't need video or audio so just a basic motherboard should do me fine right?Right. If you opt for an older processor like a PIII I don't think it will matter much. For PIII and P4 systems I'd recommend sticking with Intel chipsets for stability. If you choose an AMD CPU then the chipset will have to be non-Intel.
You don't need audio, but if the motherboard has onboard audio, that's fine - you can disable it. Most PC motherboards won't have onboard video, but many motherboards targeted at servers and and some targeted for business desktop compters (the Dell Optiplex line comes to mind) will. You _will_ need video, though, even if you don't run the system with a monitor. Many systems won't boot up without video and you'll need it for the initial setup. If the motherboard doesn't have onboard video, any old video card that fits an available slot should work fine - don't get a video card that has an onboard fan - it's just more noise and something else that can fail.
2. So the CPU will run just fine without a monitor? Seems weird but I guess my own pc will stay on even if I turn off the monitor. Just seems weird being able to access the CPU without the monitor for some reason...If you run Windows you can use a remote desktop emulator such as VNC. If you run Windows XP Professional, in particular, there's a built in remote desktop program. With Linux you can do the same, or you can get by without a graphical interface and just use the shell. Depends on how comfortable you are (or want to become) with Linux.
The only thing you can't do with these programs is access the BIOS setup, since they load after the operating system has loaded. For the initial setup, you can hook it up to a monitor, keyboard and maybe a mouse, then you can sit the system in a corner and only access it remotely.
Anything else you can think of please post! Thanks again for the help...There's a lot of good advice to be had on the SlimDevices forums.
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