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<blockquote data-quote="WildW" data-source="post: 334639" data-attributes="member: 84853">I've tried a few things that have made life somewhat better since I last posted. Updated DirectX and that did help somewhat. Changed processor from 1.4Ghz Celeron M to 1.86 Pentium M - SO much better, mostly in noise terms. The Pentium M seems to have an extra temperature sensor that makes the screaming little fan in my little media box shut up nicely. £15 well spent.Turns out the Intel 915 graphics chip should be DirectX 9 compliant, just in a very non-powerful way. The new chip is faster enough that the box is quick and quiet enough now.I haven't updated Media player to 11 (it's still version 9 from when I clean-installed Windows.) Isn't Media Player 11 a bit of a resource hog? (I'm only using the older Media Portal version (0.2.3 I think). I tried the brand new one with Media Player 11 first of all and it was even slower. Haven't tried it again since I got the new processor.Downloaded the Blackmyst skin - will give it a go tonight&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WildW, post: 334639, member: 84853"] I've tried a few things that have made life somewhat better since I last posted. Updated DirectX and that did help somewhat. Changed processor from 1.4Ghz Celeron M to 1.86 Pentium M - SO much better, mostly in noise terms. The Pentium M seems to have an extra temperature sensor that makes the screaming little fan in my little media box shut up nicely. £15 well spent. Turns out the Intel 915 graphics chip should be DirectX 9 compliant, just in a very non-powerful way. The new chip is faster enough that the box is quick and quiet enough now. I haven't updated Media player to 11 (it's still version 9 from when I clean-installed Windows.) Isn't Media Player 11 a bit of a resource hog? (I'm only using the older Media Portal version (0.2.3 I think). I tried the brand new one with Media Player 11 first of all and it was even slower. Haven't tried it again since I got the new processor. Downloaded the Blackmyst skin - will give it a go tonight :) [/QUOTE]

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