ASUS P2-M2A690G shots

22. July 2008, 11:22 UhrEntertainment Area, Plutohome/LinuxMCEMichael Stepanov

ASUS P2-M2A690G
UI2 with overlay and resolution 1080p

Yesterday I made a few shots of ASUS P2-M2A690G. It’s really great. I found that there are actually two sound cards. One uses analog and digital outputs and another - HDMI. That means it’s possible to send audio and video via one HDMI cable!

ASUS P2-M2A690G
Playback HD video (1080p)

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Front and rear views

ASUS P2-M2A690G
ASUS P2-M2A690G provides a bunch of outputs. It even allows pass audio via HDMI!

ASUS P2-M2A690G
Side view with ventilation holes

ASUS P2-M2A690G
Internal space - compact and clear

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    • 9 comments:

    1. Sam, 22. July 2008, 16:19

      Hi Michael,
      any comments about the noise level ?

       
    2. Michael Stepanov, 22. July 2008, 16:41

      Hi Sam,

      It’s very quiet. Even with stock CPU cooler.

       
    3. Lee, 19. August 2008, 16:04

      Hi Sam,

      Nice one!
      Is this a LinuxMCE Core unit, or is it a media player?

      Ta
      Lee

       
    4. Michael Stepanov, 19. August 2008, 18:29

      Hi Lee, I use it as a media director (media player). Think Sam uses it the same. But you can use it as a core. It has three expansion slots. So, you’ll able to add there the second NIC and TV tuner.

       
    5. Sam, 19. August 2008, 18:52

      That’s correct, I use it as a MD too. Very happy with it. Only have one problem remaining: live TV with mythtv doesn’t work well: sound is ok but the picture is “jumpy”. Recorded shows and regular DVD/avi work fine. I suspect a video driver/settings issue (I use the proprietary driver). If anyone gets mythfront to work, i’d be happy to get their driver version and xorg.conf…

       
    6. Michael Stepanov, 19. August 2008, 20:35

      Sam, I tested ASUS with VDR and open source drives. It worked pretty well. I didn’t see any problem with picture or sound.

       
    7. Lee, 20. August 2008, 18:03

      Hi guys - useful feedback, thanks.
      Did you use the i386 installation, or the amd?
      ;-)

       
    8. Michael Stepanov, 20. August 2008, 18:10

      I use AMD64. But I think that it shouldn’t be a problem with i386.

       
    9. Lee, 12. September 2008, 3:06

      Hi Michael - me again!
      I’ve had troubles with flaky Core hardware, so I tried to install hybrid on this puppy (x2 5400 cpu with 2Gig ram - ought to be fine I thought…)
      I haven’t fudged anything yet - no display drivers etc.
      Installed Ok, went into the Wizard & was impossibly slow….mouse jerky & slow & click 30 times before action…keyboad painfully slow = 6 secs from hitting key to getting letter on screen - in fact I failed to complete the wizard as a result.

      (On old Core, I installed a dozen times, so I think I’m used to how it works).

      I’ve researched all over & it would seem that this *ought* to be powerful enough - have I missed something obvious?

      (extra cards = Hauupauge, not yet found + Intel LAN card, which seemed OK).

      Any pointers gratefully received!
      Thanks
      Lee

       

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