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Hey Mark, After much investigation, and being able to locate this board for US$110, I'm really excited about it, with one exception... The speed comparisons for the C3 800MHz processor put it at roughly 1/3 the performance of a Celeron 900Mhz. Ouch! But that might be enough for me. If it is, everything else is awesome, especially the size of the board, and that it includes on-board video, audio, etc in that space. However, if it is not, I may be in for trouble. I've not found this info anywhere, but hoping you can tell me since you have one... is the processor switchable to a regular Celeron or similar? If so, I could then bail myself out with a few more $$$. Thanks, -Neil. > {Original Message removed}

Negative! The Eden series boards are integrated. That processor is part of the board. Thats one of the down sides, but I've heard from several sources that the 800MHz C3 can handle DVD and most DiVX if those are your concerns, I know of no other reasons for that kinda of proessor power for a CarPC :). The C3's IIRC are the remnants of Via's purchase of Cyrix technology, ill-fated as it was, it seems to have popped up with quite a kick ass product. Via Arena (http://www.viaarena.com) is the place to go for information on these boards, it's a community site ran by Via themselves. Many, many reviews. http://www.thehardwire.com/reviews/?id=13&part=1 There's one detailing DVD/DiVX playing and an overview of the board, it's a bit non-technical and a more savvy user could of course pull some more power out of the machine but he did a decent job. But, if the speed scares you a but, I remember hearing of a 1GHz+ version in the works, quite awesome. spam_OUTnickTakeThisOuTveys.com | http://www.veys.com > {Original Message removed}

Hi I have build some computers around one VIA C3 mobo ... That one (a PCCHIPS model) have a soldered CPU (a BGA package), so it can't be replaced :-( But if your mobo uses a socketed one, than I think it is replaceable by another S370 processor (like the celeron or P3). Hope it helps. Regards, Fabio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pic Dude" <.....picdudeKILLspam@spam@PILOTTOOLS.COM> To: <PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 3:47 PM Subject: [EE]: Mini-ITX board. Was: Why does a PC need 12V? {Quote hidden}> Hey Mark, > > After much investigation, and being able to locate this board for > US$110, I'm really excited about it, with one exception... The > speed comparisons for the C3 800MHz processor put it at roughly > 1/3 the performance of a Celeron 900Mhz. Ouch! > > But that might be enough for me. If it is, everything else is > awesome, especially the size of the board, and that it includes > on-board video, audio, etc in that space. > > However, if it is not, I may be in for trouble. I've not found > this info anywhere, but hoping you can tell me since you have > one... is the processor switchable to a regular Celeron or similar? > If so, I could then bail myself out with a few more $$$. > > Thanks, > -Neil. > > > > > {Original Message removed}

Okay, I think I'll still bite, cause it's soooooo space-friendly. Also, soldered CPU's are so much friendlier in cars. (You can tell I'm really trying to justify this to myself). MP3's are part of the plan, as well as GPS, but EFI control is primary, and will not require that much processing power. Cheers, -Neil. > {Original Message removed}

> ...but EFI control is primary... well, this piques my curiosity! Are you planning to modify existing signals, or completely taking over for the existing computer? Starting from scratch? Are you an engine management expert? Or is there a DIY setup that you can interface with? Or...? -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Pic Dude wrote: >Okay, I think I'll still bite, cause it's soooooo space-friendly. >Also, soldered CPU's are so much friendlier in cars. (You can >tell I'm really trying to justify this to myself). MP3's are >part of the plan, as well as GPS, but EFI control is primary, >and will not require that much processing power. EFI using a sloppy non-real-time hardware type ? I hope that you intend to control a slave CPU or something like that. Good luck. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

> > ...but EFI control is primary... > > well, this piques my curiosity! > Are you planning to modify existing signals, or completely taking over > for the existing computer? Starting from scratch? > Are you an engine management expert? Or is there a DIY setup that you > can interface with? Or...? I know enough to be dangerous. :-) I'm planning on picking up one of the commercial devices to re-program the Ford A9L computer that I'm using in my kitcar, and need a laptop for this. Also thought it would be nice to have MP3 instead of cassette and CD changer. So the thought of building a small permanently-mounted PC came about. Cheers, -Neil. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

Ack! Absolutely -- the computer will be used to re-program the Ford A9L computer, and datalog, and the car will be able to run with the PC disconnected. If I were that dumb, I'd also choose Win 98 first edition, NT or something else as unstable. :-) :-) :-) Cheers, -Neil. > EFI using a sloppy non-real-time hardware type ? I hope that you > intend to control a slave CPU or something like that. Good luck. > > Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads