Iceman Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Hi people, I am here to let you know my nice experience with a recent mobo i bought. It is the Intel D945GCLF I payed it 54€ (here in Italy, i don't know how do you spend where you live...) This mobo is a Mini-itx 17cmx17cm and has: Integrated Intel® Atom 1.6ghz (HT) processor Realtek ALC662 audio Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Six USB 2.0 ports Two SATA ports One parallel ATA IDE interface I used Kalyway Leopard 10.5.2. The installation was perfect and after reboot, the system started with sound even with QE/CI enabled (presentation video and music worked). Everything work out of the box! Incredible! Now i am really happy because with onle 54€ + 16€ (1gb ram) = 70€ i got a PERFECT Leopard machine! Now i am backuping my installation with Time Machine... believe me, incredible! I am using EyeTV with my Terratec Cinergy Hybrid T XS tv dongle, and it works like a charm! (analog even digital) Obvious, it is not like a core2duo 2.66... but it did his job like never expected from what i hear around... in internet (people said that Atom is a bad cpu... i don't think so... now!) Everyone should try this mobo... and i think the price is really not the limit! I am entusiast! Bye P.s. A thing i forgot: sleep works! Amazing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbmac Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Wow very cool! Thanks for sharing! Please add it to the Wiki! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 I did it... 10.5.2->Components->Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stravaganza Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Good job, Iceman. Thanks for sharing the experience. It is a pity that the motherboard sports Intel GMA 950 and Realtek ALC 662. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbmac Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Did you try the 10.5.3. combo update? Does the MIC work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 No and No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalid Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Wow... Maybe this one will be my Leo HTPC Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbmac Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 No and No Then it doesnt work completely Does audio out work? Wow... Maybe this one will be my Leo HTPC Thanks for sharing Without optical / coax digital audio out, not sure it would be a good HTPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysaor Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Can you do Xbench and Geekbench tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 What case and power supply are you using? Is the active cooling really necessary? Did you try to unplug the fan? It's a bit ridiculous to have a passiv cooled cpu and a chipset fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anibalin Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 thanks iceman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imayoda Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I have the same mobo but lots of problems with audio chipset.. PLEASE tell us how did you managed to get functional audio ALC662 as I tried lots of times but nothing. Sound manager seems activated but is stuck and I have no sound at all. MANY thnkyous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solu Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 How many CPU% are idle when you are watching YouTube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rspam Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Great, I was waiting for this. Can someone confirm, that Bonjour is working. Now I'm using a Gigabyte P35DS3, tried several LAN cards with no success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 This board has no integrated WIFI, so what are talking about? @Iceman: How fast does the system feel? Am I too optimistic if I think that it would be comparable to my old "devkit-light" (see sig)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaakeha1 Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Great, I was waiting for this. Can someone confirm, that Bonjour is working. Now I'm using a Gigabyte P35DS3, tried several LAN cards with no success. Try ASUS WIFI or TRENDNet LAN card see my Sign works natively 100 % Bonjour everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Then it doesnt work completely Does audio out work? Without optical / coax digital audio out, not sure it would be a good HTPC I tried the combo update (from kalyway) and it works very good. All is faster now. Unfortunately i lost sleep... appreciated help I think optical/coax output is not requsted from everyone... Can you do Xbench and Geekbench tests? Soon What case and power supply are you using? Is the active cooling really necessary? Did you try to unplug the fan? It's a bit ridiculous to have a passiv cooled cpu and a chipset fan. I am using a morex 60w passive power supply. I haven't tried to unplug chipset fan... soon i will try I have the same mobo but lots of problems with audio chipset.. PLEASE tell us how did you managed to get functional audio ALC662 as I tried lots of times but nothing. Sound manager seems activated but is stuck and I have no sound at all. i used kalyway 10.5.2 default selected audio flags. I suppose it use azalia. This evening i will do a kextstat and let you know (i will upload kext if you like...) How many CPU% are idle when you are watching YouTube? This evening i will tell you. This board has no integrated WIFI, so what are talking about? @Iceman: How fast does the system feel? Am I too optimistic if I think that it would be comparable to my old "devkit-light" (see sig)? I am using Asus WL-167g USB dongle. In kalyway it is embedded and it's selectable on installation preferences Believe me: system is really smooth, but don't think you can compare to a C2D... FPU don't lie! This evening, if i can, i will try to record a video of the system. Let me go back home (later) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 How many CPU% are idle when you are watching YouTube? First question: both core around 50%. (60%-40%.... 40%-60%....) Here Xbench. I put three comparisons with PowerMac, MacMini PPC and Intel sh-3.2# kextstat |grep -i audio 63 2 0x20e5e000 0x17000 0x16000 com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily (1.6.4b7) <62 6 5 4 2> 64 0 0x1b180000 0x4000 0x3000 com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver (1.0.4) <63 6 5 4 2> 67 2 0x20bd5000 0x5000 0x4000 com.apple.iokit.IOHDAudioFamily (1.0.0d1) <6 5 4 2> 75 0 0x20e15000 0xc000 0xb000 com.apple.driver.AppleAzaliaAudio (1.0.0d1) <67 63 6 5 4 2> Here some kext... (10.5.2) try and let us know Xbench.zip AudioApple.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hato Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 i'm using leo4all V.3 all works but can't detect lan network. any sugesstion? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Here some video, if you want to see how smooth and fast is system. VIDEO1 VIDEO2 VIDEO3 Sorry for quality... i did these with my Nikon Camera i'm using leo4all V.3 all works but can't detect lan network.any sugesstion?thanks Same mobo? Did you have some problem? Sometime my kernel_task takes lot of cpu percentage... and after some minutes back normal... this is the only strange thing that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cizin456 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Are you using a SATA or IDE harddrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitallysick Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Based on your video i am impressed, i figured it would be far more sluggish than that, but its great for the price. So compared to a 1.8ghz c2d, i wonder what the stats look like , or compared to a real mac mini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 Are you using a SATA or IDE harddrive? IDE. But SATA works too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochi Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Hi mates....i'm italian like ICEMAN. I want to suggest all to make a list of the components to build up this little mac mini.... I mean a list of the components such as power supply, case, ram, memory........all this thinngs to build the cheapest system ever !!! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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