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I have an HTPC that I use for primarily recording shows (playback is handled by other client devices). It had been working fine till late Saturday night. Here's the configuration: PC Chips M811LU Socket A Motherboard AMD AthlonXP 2200+, Crucial 2048MB RAM - brand new purchased in December...

kirbyrj - thanks for the quick reply. For Firewire, ideally, I would like to have both connectors - one for the front panel and another for the pci slot bracket. I understand the motherboard has capability for both. I plan to use the one on pci slot bracket for any external hdd that may be...

Yukkell - thanks for info on the motherboard. Going through the Technical Specification document on Intel's website http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/ux/ux_documentation.htm, (Page 58-59), I understand the motherboard has an on-board header for connecting a 3-pin S/PDIF adapter. It also...

I did some further digging on the specs and looks like Best Buy's spec sheet may not be entired accurate (surprize, surprize :rolleyes: ). Anyways, information on this site http://www.emachine-upgraders.info/ suggests the computer might be using an Intel motherboard. The website above does...

The specs printout from BestBuy (this is from the Employee Toolkit, not their website) does indicate 2 PCI slots, 1 PCI-e x1 and 1 PCI-e x16 slot on the emachines motherboard. Since PCI-e cards are mainly x16, what would the PCI-e x1 slot be used for? Are there any products (other than video...

Hi, I am also looking into modding/upgrading the T3522. Although the emachines website does not have any addition information on this, I was able to get some specifications from Best Buy. Assuming the specs are correct, this model does not seem to have the high def sound (I didn't see any way...