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<blockquote data-quote="Domini0n" data-source="post: 520651" data-attributes="member: 80009">Hi,I'm looking to maybe buy this Asrock machine to replace my Popcorn Hour C-200, which I will return next thing on Monday. Really, do not buy a Popcorn Hour it is crap!My question is, what is a good IR receiver that I can connect to this Asrock think, preferably something small that I can build into the casing. There are some USB IR receiver, but the once I saw where all large and intended to be used externally. Is there a USB 8 pin connector on the ION motherboard?I sold my beautiful OrigenAE S14V last week, because I thought it was to big, heavy and used to much energy. I then bought me a Popcorn Hour C-200 which comes with only beta firmware and crappy HTML interface, which requires manually updating of the movie database for covers and backdrops. Therefor I am strongly thinking of returning to my trusted MP community with a nice Asrock ION330 machine. At my work I can get these things rather cheap, so that makes it even more interesting.Hope anyone has a good solution for me. I use a Harmony 555 btw and want it to be used only as an MCE remote. I would like to know one last thing... is it possible to power the Asrock ION330 on by remote when using a USB IR? I read that there might be an option in the BIOS to enable powerON by USB? Can anyone confirm this option and that it works?Greatings,Domini0n</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Domini0n, post: 520651, member: 80009"] Hi, I'm looking to maybe buy this Asrock machine to replace my Popcorn Hour C-200, which I will return next thing on Monday. Really, do not buy a Popcorn Hour it is crap! My question is, what is a good IR receiver that I can connect to this Asrock think, preferably something small that I can build into the casing. There are some USB IR receiver, but the once I saw where all large and intended to be used externally. Is there a USB 8 pin connector on the ION motherboard? I sold my beautiful OrigenAE S14V last week, because I thought it was to big, heavy and used to much energy. I then bought me a Popcorn Hour C-200 which comes with only beta firmware and crappy HTML interface, which requires manually updating of the movie database for covers and backdrops. Therefor I am strongly thinking of returning to my trusted MP community with a nice Asrock ION330 machine. At my work I can get these things rather cheap, so that makes it even more interesting. Hope anyone has a good solution for me. I use a Harmony 555 btw and want it to be used only as an MCE remote. I would like to know one last thing... is it possible to power the Asrock ION330 on by remote when using a USB IR? I read that there might be an option in the BIOS to enable powerON by USB? Can anyone confirm this option and that it works? Greatings, Domini0n [/QUOTE]

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