Asus Eee Box Zwart

Post by **TANE** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:42 pm

http://www.minipcmag.com//2008/07/07/in ... -box-b202/
http://www.hardwarezone.com.au/reviews/ ... =2626&pg=2

er zijn meer plaatjes.
google: eee box inside

Post by **Noel** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:56 pm

Chak'o..

Heb jij al een (USB) CD-ROM speler voor de Eee Box gevonden?
Ik heb hier wel wat spul, maar kan er op geen manier van booten

Wat ik zoek is dus een CD-ROM speler die ik kan gebruiken om van te booten.

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Post by **RDNZL** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:08 pm

I also bought one during my lunchbreak, to replace my old server, couldn't wait for the Asus eee motherboards...

You can get some more speed out of your eee box by tweaking the bios settings:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Asus-Ee ... em/?page=2

Ron.

Post by **RDNZL** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:05 pm

Have upgraded the BIOS from version 303 to 801 and wiped Windows XP from the disk by installing Ubuntu 8.04.1 over it..

I have followed this guide:
http://openclue.org/tag/gadgets/

I'm happy...

Code: Select all

~$ uname -a
Linux rons-eeebox 2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 25 17:32:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

Post by **TANE** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:10 pm

I had to upgrade the bios because of high cpu usage (bug)
Just installed Win2003..now going back to Windows XP again..Belkin USB hub has no support for Windows 2003.

What do you think of the performance?

Post by **RDNZL** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:18 pm

Performance is good...

The BIOS update also added EIST support (Intels speedstep technology)
So I guess that also helps keeping energy usage down... forgot to measure the usage with the old BIOS version.

Developing DomotiGa - Gambas powered Domotics.

Post by **Noel** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:30 pm

Im installing TrixBox (Asterisk) at the moment, but I'm havinga hard time to get it to boot from the USB stick :/
I did have Debian running on it fine. Next thing I'll install on it (as test) is Windows Vista.

Like Chak. I've also added 2GB to it.
The HDD is also a 120GB one now.

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Post by **Noel** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:41 pm

Thank you RDNZL for that link.<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Next, you'll want to configure your Eee Box to boot from your USB key. Unlike the manual (and the interwebs) would like you to believe, pressing F8 at the splashtop boot screen will not allow you to choose your USB key as the boot device. Plug the key in, and enter the BIOS setup screen. Press the right arrow key to "Boot", down arrow to "Hard Disk Drives" (if you don't see this option, make sure you plug your USB key in before you power on the Eee Box), select the "1rst Drive" option and choose your USB device. Press F10 and enter. The Box should now boot the Ubuntu install ISO.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
F8 does not work!!!
Doing it thr above way did the trick.
I'm now configuring TrixBox to work with my Eee.

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Post by **Noel** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:48 pm

Small update.
TrixBox (an Asterisk based PBX phone system running on CentOS 5) is working great on the Eee box.
The only thing that I did not get to work is the wireless card, but as this is a PBX, it does not really need it.

I did some "load" testing today, and making 5 calls at the same time was no problem what so ever.
I would love to do a bigger load test, but I only have 5 Voip accounts

Today I orderd my 2nd Eee box for the domotica stuff.

<h6>Anyone interested in time travel meet me here last Thursday!!</h6>

Post by **TANE** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:57 pm

I'm installing again Windows XP on the SSD..latest firmware is working better with support for SATA DVD
My hope is that this machine also can run 1 or two VM's

Post by **Alfred** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:38 pm

Indien je nog geen touchscreen bezit is een beetje wachten mss een optie:
http://www.clickx.be/nieuws.cfm?id=93498

voor 500 een pc & touchscreen klinkt niet slecht in mijn oren.

Als de prestaties goed zijn zal deze pc zeker aan mijn muur komen te hangen. Dat dit dan in opbouw moet gebeuren neem ik er graag bij ...

Post by **Noel** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:00 pm

Chak. How's the SSD performing agains the HDD?

@ Alfred.
De Eee Top ziet er mooi uit. Ik heb nu 2 Eee Box'en (1 voor mijn PBX, en een voor het domotica gebeuren).
Als ik er nog een koop, kan het best wel eens de Eee Top zijn

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Post by **TANE** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:36 pm

Vind jammer dat de top een mega soundbar heeft.
maar even afwachten..kan ook wel een tweede gebruiken..zeker voor dat prijs.
Performance van de SSD is stukken beter dan de 80 GB disk.
anders doe maar de HDtech test..
http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/in ... est=HdTach
SSD
Burst speed 130MB (is nu iets hoger met beter drivers)
Avarage read 91mb

Post by **Noel** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:51 pm

Chak,
Waar heb jij die SSD gekocht?

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Post by **TANE** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:55 pm

ik heb het bij 1dayflay gekocht daar was die afgelopen vrijdag in aanbieding voor 133 euro all in
http://www.1dayfly.com/producthistory.asp

wat zijn de performance van je huidige disk?
weet niet meer hoe de tweede optie heet..maar is een wat langere test.