How do you restart the PC when/if it crashes or needs updates? Did you feed an extension to the power button somewhere in there? Looks to be the start of a pretty awsome setup. 
Ongoing my living room music jukebox htpc - in progress!! (1 Viewer)
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Marcusb - Not true! Although I thought so too for the longest time. There is a company that will be selling converters/controllers (only press release now) that will allow VGA (analog RGB, or DVI input) signal to drive a LCD flatpanel!
EqualRightsForWerewolves - "typical computer monitor lcd" Duh!
Now the light :idea: goes on over my head! Should have been a hammer. Mike
Yeah, that was my first thought.fathead said:
I thought of putting a system in the attic in a sealed/insulated plastic storage box but with a rigged input vent from the main house and a protected exhaust vent that could go to the house or attic. I planned on a remote power/reset switches and to use vnc to do maintenance.
As long as it draws it's air from the house somewhere the inside of the box shouldn't get too hot, cold or humid.
Perhaps he could modify his setup along those lines.
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that photo actually makes it look a lot more 'outside' then it really is there's a workshop area under the house, where i've got my main server housed, and this box is only a couple of feet away from that. but i'll definetly be keeping an eye on the conditions under there to make sure it's all good.
no fancy remote power or anything - i use the mce remote to put it into s3 standby when i'm not using it, so the only time it is powered down totally is after a blackout. then i just go down to the workshop and switch it back on manually. i'm using vnc for all remote maintenance.
there's a workshop area under the house, where i've got my main server housed, and this box is only a couple of feet away from that. but i'll definetly be keeping an eye on the conditions under there to make sure it's all good. no fancy remote power or anything - i use the mce remote to put it into s3 standby when i'm not using it, so the only time it is powered down totally is after a blackout. then i just go down to the workshop and switch it back on manually. i'm using vnc for all remote maintenance.
EqualRightsForWerewolves said:
You could always set the BIOS power management to "last state" so that even after a power blackout you would still have working music without having to run downstairs
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This is exactly what I have been thinking about doing. The only problem i have is the same as you had: $0 budget.
So i have been looking around for some people selling there "broken" lcd screens for really cheap. I would love to grab one of these if i thought i would be a ble to fix it. How likely is it that I would be able to easily fix an lcd by replacing a cable or something? What kind of 'syptoms' are easily fixed?
I'm asking you because you said you work in a computer store and seem much more knowledgeable than me.
So i have been looking around for some people selling there "broken" lcd screens for really cheap. I would love to grab one of these if i thought i would be a ble to fix it. How likely is it that I would be able to easily fix an lcd by replacing a cable or something? What kind of 'syptoms' are easily fixed?
I'm asking you because you said you work in a computer store and seem much more knowledgeable than me.
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honestly it's not that likely - most of the problems i've seen with lcds are caused when the backlight goes, and that's not easy to replace if it's not under warranty. you can tell if it's a backlight problem, because there will be an image on the screen, it'll just be very dark. the one i scored had no image when it came in to the store - it was only on an off chance i decided to take the screws off the back and at the same time swapped the cable over.
i think your best bets to check regularly on ebay for old screens with dead pixels (pixels which are always on, or always off, or sometimes a whole line goes like dead), or a broken plastic frame or something - which is still hard when you've got a $0 budget!!
i know the frustration of a $0 budget very well... right now i'm trying to offload a whole bunch of junk on ebay so i can afford to replace a dodgy dvd drive in my main htpc. it's skipping like crazy and the waf takes a major hit whenever a movie stops half way through!! :evil:
you can tell if it's a backlight problem, because there will be an image on the screen, it'll just be very dark. the one i scored had no image when it came in to the store - it was only on an off chance i decided to take the screws off the back and at the same time swapped the cable over. i think your best bets to check regularly on ebay for old screens with dead pixels (pixels which are always on, or always off, or sometimes a whole line goes like dead), or a broken plastic frame or something - which is still hard when you've got a $0 budget!!
i know the frustration of a $0 budget very well... right now i'm trying to offload a whole bunch of junk on ebay so i can afford to replace a dodgy dvd drive in my main htpc. it's skipping like crazy and the waf takes a major hit whenever a movie stops half way through!! :evil:
With a broken backlight you can build a projector, using old school powerpoint:
http://www.google.com/search?q=build+projector+lcd
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2004/11/13/supersize_your_tv_for_/
http://www.google.com/search?q=build+projector+lcd
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2004/11/13/supersize_your_tv_for_/