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<blockquote data-quote="iancalderban" data-source="post: 633317" data-attributes="member: 85629">built a MP1.0.0 rig 1.5 years ago, its been stable ever since. . I've never upgraded my MP build (never needed to - is this some record?) and it never misses recordings.my main htpc box sleeps when I'm not watching tv. I did try to get sleep working on the server, but it was totally unreliable - failure to wake up, failure to record after waking up, etc, so I run my tv server 24/7. in the effort to be green, I'd like to revisit this.I completely still want seperate tv server and client - I run multiple clients including laptops, and frequently upgrade the OS on clients, and like the ability to be able to reboot a client at will if a gfx driver or codec crashes and leaves me with black (or blue) screen. so I am thinking new mobo for the server, to support a lower power CPU, and try to get it to sleep nicely. I am asking for recommendations of&nbsp; low-power motherboards (and OS, and any sleep management apps) that sleep and wakeup nicely when being used purely for TV server. I run with a couple of DVB-S and DVB-T cards so micro-ATX minimum size. AMD preferred, but will look at intel.thanksIan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iancalderban, post: 633317, member: 85629"] built a MP1.0.0 rig 1.5 years ago, its been stable ever since. . I've never upgraded my MP build (never needed to - is this some record?) and it never misses recordings. my main htpc box sleeps when I'm not watching tv. I did try to get sleep working on the server, but it was totally unreliable - failure to wake up, failure to record after waking up, etc, so I run my tv server 24/7. in the effort to be green, I'd like to revisit this. I completely still want seperate tv server and client - I run multiple clients including laptops, and frequently upgrade the OS on clients, and like the ability to be able to reboot a client at will if a gfx driver or codec crashes and leaves me with black (or blue) screen. so I am thinking new mobo for the server, to support a lower power CPU, and try to get it to sleep nicely. I am asking for recommendations of low-power motherboards (and OS, and any sleep management apps) that sleep and wakeup nicely when being used purely for TV server. I run with a couple of DVB-S and DVB-T cards so micro-ATX minimum size. AMD preferred, but will look at intel. thanks Ian [/QUOTE]

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