[vdr] Re: Allwell STB... too slow (with pics)

["Habib Azimi" <Habib@Azimi.de>]

Hi Luca,

 
> 
> Hi all, I bought and used Allwell STB 3036 for 20 euro (you 
> can see all of the pictures http://www.lucamerega.it/stb). 
> It's really wonderful for a lot of nice features: 1 - LAN 
> Intergated 2 - Video out on TV directly (even the bios!!!) 3 
> - Keyboard + Remote control Infrared 4 - The Remote Control 
> emulates keyboard keystrokes so no lirc needed 5 - 1 PCI slot 
> and 1 ISA/PCI etc. etc.

It´s realy nice. Where you have bought it?

> 
> The problem is that the CPU is too slow :(
> Even with a very light SuSE 7.3, the 233 Mhz Cyrix is really 
> slow. I overclocked it to 300 Mhz, but it's not enough. Hard 
> problems in recording, or better, in replaying the recorded 
> movies, jumps and so on.
> 
> I am looking for a K6-2 333 Mhz used (I found one for 5 euro) 
> but I am not sure it can run at 33 Mhz 10x (the maximum bus 
> speed is 33 Mhz and the max multiplier is 10x).
> 

I don´t think so. Normaly old Chipsets have the FSB´s 50, 60 and 66. The
half off them are the PCI Bus Speed but for the CPU you only need the
FSB. If you have the Multiplier 10 you could have a theretical maximium
off 660 MHz for the CPU. Which chipset is on the motherboard? ...That
would be help to know more about that. 

Sorry for my english.

Greets
Habib