Monday, November 23, 2009

Cabinet Computer Update



The cabinet computer project is progressing. Phase one, the Magic Jack computer is up and running 24/7 on it's own. It's an ITX energy efficient board running a Celeron 1.2 Ghz cpu with 1 gb of ram.
The initial build of this computer had it running an 8 gb Compact Flash card as it's primary drive running windows XP. Testing found the Compact Flash card was too slow for efficient operation. After searching the web for a high speed Compact Flash card, I found it cheaper to buy a 16 gb Solid State Drive off of Ebay. Windows 7 installed smoothly on the board.
My goal was to have an an energy efficient board to run 24/7 to support my Magic Jack telephone interface. It does that job and also makes a good web surfing computer.
Phase two of the cabinet project will find a UBTX board being installed in the cabinet. Due to it being so different from the typical ATX or MATX board, this board has been named Frankenzilla. Stay tuned to future posts on this install.

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