Thread: Commell LV-677 or aOpen i945GMt-FA

Hmmm ... tough call. Since we are using this in a car environment, would the PCI-E x16 slot be useful? I really couldn't imagine what you would use the high end video card for in a touch screen system. The number of mini-PCI slots isn't a factor I believe because I have not seen many devices using mini-PCI. Most of them are just wireless-b and wireless-g adapters. The compact flash on the solder side of the Commell is a nice touch but I wonder if that would impair mounting the board to a base.

I believe AOpen has a great reputation for developing many kinds of electronics including motherboards. Though I don't think they are experienced with Mini-ITX motherboards.

I think I'm on the fence on this issue. Anyone here ever used either board?

Ah the LV-677 you want to know more about it. Let me tell you about it then. First off it boots a bit slow. Has problem with M2-ATX sometimes but that has been fix with a modded M2-ATX. Runs fast, but I still have problem running it on SD. Eventhough it a fast system, SD still has alot of bugs and this system here should be eating it.

Running on a 1.8 ghz CoreDuo processor with 2 gig of DDR2 667 mhz and a ATI X300SE 80gig 2.5 hd with 5400rpm. Currently running RoadRunner with no issue

Pros:support CoreDuo,has a PCI Express Slot, and two slot of Memory, also has LVDS support

That all I can think of good about this board

Cons: Need alot of tweaking.
The USB header on the board does not fit normal usb plugs. IT has been reverse.
Slow on booting.
Does not work right with a M2-ATX

BUMP!!

The lady said she needs a review like that for the AOpen....

(ummm... I could use it too please )

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

thanks for the info on the LV-677.

Now I just need a review like that for the aOpen!

The only thing holding me back on the AOpen is the DVI port. I've got a a 1.7GHz CPU, 512MB Ram, waiting for a MB. I would have to use the DVI-VGA adaptor and while it's not that big of a deal I want to wire in plugs that connect to my factory harness and the extra space required for the adaptor may hinder that plan.

Thanks for that Deric. It looks like a great setup to me. I thought about depth issues and it would certainly be an issue in some installs. In my application (Lexus SUV) that prolly. won't be a problem so we lucked out. We're mounting it vertically (DVD ROM up) in the center console.

Has anyone out there used this board (or it's "sister" MP945-D and similar complete systems)?
Success? Failure? Good, bad ugly?

I'm considering moving on this (or the MP945-D) in the next couple of weeks so anything/everything helps.

Thanks for your time and input!

Here is a thread on the i945gtt-vfa, its basically the same board as the 1945gmt aside for the chipset.

Thanks for a quick reply Kalt but you're missing the link...
(I don't think you meant the worklog, right?)

Thanks again.

J.

Originally Posted by Azaria

Thanks for a quick reply Kalt but you're missing the link...
(I don't think you meant the worklog, right?)

Thanks again.

J.

Link added.

One thing to remeber is that the i945gmt can only be powered by a carnetix p1900 or p2140 since it has a built in psu.