D201gly2: product and SPCR review discussion

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Atmosper
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Post by Atmosper » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:09 am

ojg, the link doesn't work

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Post by syburgh » Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:46 am

Atmosper wrote:ojg, the link doesn't work
Remove the trailing period

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Post by Ralf Hutter » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:52 am

Atmosper wrote:ojg, the link doesn't work
I fixed it for him.

:)

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Post by Bathman » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:35 pm

" but the price/performance ratio is unbeatable"

I personally think that in the past the VIA ITX motheboards have simply been overpriced - probably due to lack of compeition. This lack of competing products has allowed VIA to be complacent. No decent drivers and lno innervation with their line up (no PCI-X for example).

I wonder if that will change. I also think if Intel produced further revisin of this board with non-celeron chips and PCI-X slot then the VIA ITX range will be doomed.

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Post by tonyb » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:53 pm

I have a few questions about the D201GLY2:

1. Does it consume less power than the D201GLY?
I think an earlier reply said it uses more, contrary to expectations.

2. Where in the UK or Europe could I buy a cable to connect a picoPSU to the 4-pin ATX12V power socket?

3. Would PC2-5300 RAM be slower than PC2-4200 RAM, in view of the 533 MHz limit?
The price of the two is the same.

4. Has anybody tried installing Windows 98SE?
There have been some moans about the chipsets not being Intel, but if they were then Win98 would not be a possibility.

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Post by Shade00 » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:34 pm

Hey guys, I'm about to order a power supply (either an SPI220LE or another Sparkle Flex ATX PSU) and a hard drive for my setup with this board. Can you recommend a fairly cool-running hard drive between 250gb and 500gb? I seem to recall reading that WD's SE16 models used less power than most, but it seems like they run pretty hot. Do Seagates run cooler because of the perpendicular recording?

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Post by mattthemuppet » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:58 pm

Bathman wrote:" No decent drivers and lno innervation with their line up (no PCI-X for example).
I though innervation was what nerves did? :)

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Post by SZ » Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:44 pm

If anybody interested then I've got D201GLY2 installed inside Antec NSK3480:
- Windows Home Server installed
- PSU is PicoPSU 120W 12-25V
- AC-DC brick is Fortron 120W-
- HDD is WD 1TB GreenPower, planning to add one more for data duplication,
- no CD or DVD
- CPU and NB heatsinks are replaced by Noctua NC-U6, by the way there were a very thick layer of thermal grease under the original heatsinks
- single fan is Noctua NF-S12 800rpm, without a fan CPU and NB temperature are very high, I was afraid running it 24/7.

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Post by murtoz » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:01 am

tonyb wrote:I have a few questions about the D201GLY2:

2. Where in the UK or Europe could I buy a cable to connect a picoPSU to the 4-pin ATX12V power socket?
Maplins, £2.99.

I'm using this one on my D201GLY, 120W PicoPSU, 110W power brick, 3HDD's, no optical drives. So far it all works fine :-)

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Post by yamawho » Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:40 pm

Anyone know where I could find this Slim Cd-ROM to 2.5" IDE Adapter in Canada ?

http://www.mini-box.com/Slim-Cd-ROM-to-2-5-IDE-Adapter

Bathman
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Post by Bathman » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:16 am

It would appear that someone has amanged to overclock this motherboard

http://www.obengware.com/telaah/inteld201gly21.htm

Unfortunatly I can understand ?Malay Anbody have any ideas how they managed it.

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Post by doom5 » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:11 am

Where can I obtain the D201GLY2T version with the S-video out here in the States? Anyone have any idea?

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Post by littlebigman » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:58 pm

Just stumbled on the review of this neat motherboard. I'd like to build myself a compact PBX with Linux + Asterisk, a 2.5" hard-drive, and a PCI card to handle a PSTN line.

Do you think it's possible to put all this together in case, using a PCI riser so I can lay the PCI card on the side, or is there just too little space for this? What about interferences from the hard-drive being picked up by the PCI card?

Thanks.

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Post by tonyb » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:37 pm

Are SATA data cables designed so that once plugged into a motherboard they can never be removed, or is there some knack to disconnecting them? :roll:

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Post by yamawho » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:38 pm

tonyb wrote:Are SATA data cables designed so that once plugged into a motherboard they can never be removed, or is there some knack to disconnecting them? :roll:
No knack ... just pull :wink:

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Post by frank2003 » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:20 pm

Be careful - some SATA cables come with a metal latch on the connector. You need to press it to release it.

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Post by tonyb » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:01 pm

Thanks for the replies.

The SATA cable in question is the one that comes with the Intel D201GLY2. I don't even need SATA, but I thought I'd test the connector while waiting for my RAM to arrive ... :roll:

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Post by yamawho » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:27 pm

So tonyb ... we are still waiting for your test results :wink:

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Post by yamawho » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:21 pm

I picked up a morex case that was sitting in the corner of a computer shop collecting dust for a few years. Although there is no model number on the case, it looks very close to a Morex 2788.
http://www.morex.com.tw/products/produc ... ?fd_id=102

I had replaced the northbridge heatsink when I got the board. I tried to install the cd-rom but the cpu heatsink was in the way. I attempted to bend some of the fins but I was not happy with the result. I ended up looking through my junk box and took a HSF off of a old AMD 400mhz. I used the spring clip that came with the Intel board and attached it. I found the fan too loud so I plugged it in to the case fan plug which regulates the speed.

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syburgh
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Another D201GLY2 system

Post by syburgh » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:30 am

It's in an iStar S-3 case and runs FreeNAS from a CF card: http://flickr.com/photos/21836199@N02/s ... 455384375/

Replaced the heatsinks, though the CPU heatsink was already sufficient. (long stort-- the M300 case did not work out)

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Post by dougz » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:42 am

Nice job, syburgh! Thanks for the photo set.

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Re: Another D201GLY2 system

Post by lazateca » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:53 am

syburgh wrote:Replaced the heatsinks, though the CPU heatsink was already sufficient. (long stort-- the M300 case did not work out)
Hi syburgh, is that a Zalman ZM-NB32K?
Thanks

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Re: Another D201GLY2 system

Post by syburgh » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:48 pm

lazateca wrote: is that a Zalman ZM-NB32K?
It is indeed-- well done.

The system runs SlimServer on FreeNAS from a CF card. Most of it is geared toward SlimServer users, but there's a longer writeup about the system here: http://wiki.syburgh.com/display/project ... on+FreeNAS

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Post by zistu » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:58 pm

Just noticed today Intel has released another variation of the original board. The changes only effect the thermal properties of the board though, the specs are the same otherwise.

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The Intel Desktop Board D201GLY2 is built in smaller uATX-Compatible form factor providing lower power consumption and passive thermal solution.

With similar feature set, D201GLY2A is built with active thermal solution (with an optimally positioned fan).
Product page.

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Post by frank2003 » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:14 pm

I'm still waiting for the availability of the "T" model with TV-out in the States. Will it ever be sold in the US?

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Post by trinsic » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:54 pm

Someone mentioned here that the PCI slot has a maximum power use of only 10w. Looked at all the PDF's from Intel and not one of them states this.

Would something like a FX 5500 GPU work?

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Post by oberbimbo » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:45 pm

Does anyone know how idle power consumption of the D201GLY2 compares to a AMD 690V board with Sempron LE-1100?

Pricing is about the same, but the AMD setup has a lot more features (not to mention a lot more headroom performance wise, but mostly I'm after 4SATA and GigE onboard) and I'm not space constrained, so Mini-ITX is no real bonus.

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Post by sanse » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:54 am

SZ wrote:If anybody interested then I've got D201GLY2 installed inside Antec NSK3480:
- Windows Home Server installed
- PSU is PicoPSU 120W 12-25V
- AC-DC brick is Fortron 120W-
- HDD is WD 1TB GreenPower, planning to add one more for data duplication,
- no CD or DVD
- CPU and NB heatsinks are replaced by Noctua NC-U6, by the way there were a very thick layer of thermal grease under the original heatsinks
- single fan is Noctua NF-S12 800rpm, without a fan CPU and NB temperature are very high, I was afraid running it 24/7.
this is interesting. i read in the specs of the mobo it has a 10/100mbit lan-connection. is that fast enough for making backups with whs?

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Post by Downunder » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:17 pm

S2 wrote:
If anybody interested then I've got D201GLY2 installed inside Antec NSK3480:
- Windows Home Server installed
- PSU is PicoPSU 120W 12-25V
- AC-DC brick is Fortron 120W-
I am interested in how you got the PicoPSU 120w 12-25v PSU to fit in to the socket on the m/board due to the proximity of USB connector, or do you use an extension cable ?

The PicoPSU 120 12v seems to fit "just", but the 12-15v has thicker "coils" that don't allow me to install it.

Muzza
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Post by Muzza » Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:49 am

for those in the uk looking for this board, I notice kustompcs are now stocking it, not ordered one myself yet.

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/Kus ... TX_83.html

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