If you don't need high power, look at VIA's Epia series motherboards. There are several boards with and without fan at the cpu. Of course, there are not for gameing :-)
Regards, Uwe -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Ian Stirling Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Dezember 2006 10:44 An: LKML Kernel Betreff: A new, cheap low-power motherboard - how to pick? I was wanting to upgrade from my K7S5A (Socket A, duron 1300) to something with integrated USB2 and net. The K7S5A was poor in a few ways - but at least showed that it was possible for it to hit 30-32W idle, using athcool, though the network card kept wedging, and sound diddn't work in that mode. The very few reviews I can find seem to indicate that 'CoolnQuiet' doesn't really help much. Can anyone suggest where I should start looking? (at a total budget of $US100 for motherboard + processor or so). I'm on a quest for replacing any items in the home with low power ones, and energy saving versions, as they need replaced. My bills are too high. My first choice - the K7S41GX - diddn't actually work out in that athcool doesn't work at all (trying to raise the energy to look in the chipset datasheet if I can find it) Many thanks. Ian Stirling. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/