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billf1:
Lilshawn,
How does swapping the Intel Atom board work for the AMD powered ECS board?
That seems ideal to me, but it seems strange such a major change (AMD to Intel) works out of the box, but it seem processor doesn't matter, all you need is the right chipset (by reading this thread). Since this is the only option that you can still buy brand new versions of the Intel D945GCLF2 (granted they are a bit north of $100 new - but peace of mind is worth that), I may order a couple just to have them.
Do you have to have newer than a certain version (like 2009 or newer) of the software for an AMD board to Intel board swap to work?
Does someone have a 3/4 angle picture of the board from Merit? I would like to see what the low profile heat-sinks look like to see if I can find the same ones.
Thanks,
Bill
EDIT:
In looking up the GCLF2 vs the GCLF2D the 2 looks to already have lower profile heat syncs and S-VIDEO (which seems oddly backwards to me) 2D does not have S-VIDEO, and looks to have higher profile heat syncs. If anyone is familiar with these boards, can you confirm?
lilshawn:
--- Quote from: billf1 on June 27, 2014, 01:08:37 pm ---Lilshawn,
How does swapping the Intel Atom board work for the AMD powered ECS board?
That seems ideal to me, but it seems strange such a major change (AMD to Intel) works out of the box, but it seem processor doesn't matter, all you need is the right chipset (by reading this thread). Since this is the only option that you can still buy brand new versions of the Intel D945GCLF2 (granted they are a bit north of $100 new - but peace of mind is worth that), I may order a couple just to have them.
Do you have to have newer than a certain version (like 2009 or newer) of the software for an AMD board to Intel board swap to work?
Does someone have a 3/4 angle picture of the board from Merit? I would like to see what the low profile heat-sinks look like to see if I can find the same ones.
Thanks,
Bill
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when merit released the "RX" machine, it contained an Intel board. the software was updated accordingly starting with 2009? (i believe that was the version) with drivers to include the new board.
so if you want to upgrade to the intel board you must be sure you are also running the game version that includes these new board drivers.
unless you know how to patch an older version of game software to have the new drivers....
depending on the machine you intend to insert the board into, you may not even need to have a low profile heatsink, the standard one will work fine. I'm not really sure why they used a low profile heatsink in the RX to be honest, it has a butt load of room in there. The aurora should have lots of room to.
the EVO on the other hand may not fit without the smaller heatsink. (i don't know for sure, i haven't swapped on out in there yet.) but they are available on ebay for a couple bucks if it's an issue.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Low-Profile-Heatsink-Intel-D945GCLF-Atom-Mini-ITX-board-/130303965124?pt=US_CPU_Fans_Heatsinks&hash=item1e56b8b7c4&_uhb=1
smartbomb2084:
Just for the record a non widescreen AURORA has squat for room inside...as in none....you can barely get the board tray back in after you pull it out.
lilshawn:
yeah the wires are a little ornery. but there IS room...(at least in the canadian version.) the US version might be different with a bill acceptor in place of the coin box.
would you mind snapping a few pics of your inside for prosperity's sake... i'll do the same.
billf1:
What I found is an EVO with a bad ECS purple MB.
I had actually found that same low profile CPU Heatsink on the US eBay site, but the part that concerned me some, was that in some pictures the north-bridge heatsink looked just as tall as the CPU Cooler. I did some reading, and they changed the heatsinks when they made the newer version (the two dual core versions), and the older single core's heat sinks were taller and passive only (no fan), so maybe the picture I saw was from a pre-prod model (because there was a fan - but both heatsinks were tall), but I guess I will just have to cross that hurdle when I get there (if the hurdle is there).
Thanks again for the info.
Bill
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