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    Striking out with AMD and AM1 platform

    Bysherwin April 13, 2014December 31, 2021

    After a day with my new AMD Athlon 5350 and MSI AM1I motherboard, I’ve had nothing but problems. I’ve tried running Linux Mint 16 and Ubuntu 13.10 with the hopes of running XBMC. Nothing but driver related issues with the video card. I even tried with Windows 7 Professional 64bit. Also problems with the video…

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    AMD AM1 Athlon 5350 Kabini and MSI AM1I MS-7865
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    AMD AM1 Athlon 5350 Kabini and MSI AM1I MS-7865

    Bysherwin April 12, 2014December 31, 2021

    AMD recently released the AM1 platform. It consist of 4 new processors. My old HTPC no longer works. I think the humidifier in the room may have something to do with it. So I decided to pick up the 5350 and a MSI AM1I MS-7865 motherboard. Newegg had an extra $15 off for the combo….

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    M350 and HTPC build round 2
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    M350 and HTPC build round 2

    Bysherwin May 18, 2012December 31, 2021

    If you checked out the last post about my HTPC adventure, I was using a Raidmax tower that uses a 300W PSU. It’s a nice little tower but the fan on the PSU was just too loud for my taste. So I kept looking and finally found a case that may have what I’m looking…

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    My first attempt at an HTPC
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    My first attempt at an HTPC

    Bysherwin May 3, 2012December 31, 2021

    I’ve been messing around with the AMD E350 platform for a few months now and have been trying out VMWare and Freenas on it. The results were impressive. Don’t underestimate the E350, it can do some lifting. I then got curious with HTPC. I was able to use my existing hardware. I also had spare…

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