IEI KINO-690S1 AMD Turion 64 Mini-ITX Mainboard

**ronjon228** · 03-08-2008, 02:34 AM

You just have to know what to buy. You can get an Intel E2140, 2160 or 2180 for next to nothing. I've seen the E2180 go for as low as 55-60 bucks OEM. In fact, I'm using an E2200 in my regular desktop right now and it overclocks to 3.2GHz on air. For the $70.00 I paid for it, it most definitely can't be beat.

If you want to go Intel, go with the E2xxx series and a cheap socket 775 board. You'll be all set then and have more power than you could ever need in a CarPC.

Oh and I forgot about the new E1xxx series Celeron CPU's. Nearly as powerful as the E2xxx Core2Duos and they are practically giving them away.

**HiJackZX1** · 03-08-2008, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by ronjon228

You just have to know what to buy. You can get an Intel E2140, 2160 or 2180 for next to nothing. I've seen the E2180 go for as low as 55-60 bucks OEM. In fact, I'm using an E2200 in my regular desktop right now and it overclocks to 3.2GHz on air. For the $70.00 I paid for it, it most definitely can't be beat.

If you want to go Intel, go with the E2xxx series and a cheap socket 775 board. You'll be all set then and have more power than you could ever need in a CarPC.

Oh and I forgot about the new E1xxx series Celeron CPU's. Nearly as powerful as the E2xxx Core2Duos and they are practically giving them away.

I wanted 2 cores...... I also wanted ATI graphics..... I dont know, i guess I want to be diffrent. Not many people have AMD in a carpc enviroment.

**ronjon228** · 03-08-2008, 04:00 AM

The Celeron E1xxx line and the Pentium E2xxx lines are both dual cores.

Also, I can understand ATI, I'm an ATI guy myself. Running an HD3870 in my gaming rig right now.

**orgsd** · 03-26-2008, 08:00 PM

I am attempting to find a mini-itx board which will work with the max resolution mode of this device (w/ three DVI screens):
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx...gital/home.php
At the moment the only board which appears that it "may" work is the one discussed in this thread. Matrox has a test program which when run on a machine will report whether it works or not. The problem is that it is windows only.
Would one of you KINO-690S1 owners who are running windows on your CarPC consider running the program and let me know what the result is ? You can download it directly from Matrox here:
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx.../tool/home.php

Feel free to PM me with questions if you have any! I hate to signup and ask this out of the blue but I have not yet had much luck getting this information from vendors/manufacturers yet. I have been reading these forums for several years, I have just not yet built a CarPC and didn't have a pressing need to register until now.

Cheers,

orGSD

**HiJackZX1** · 03-27-2008, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by orgsd

I am attempting to find a mini-itx board which will work with the max resolution mode of this device (w/ three DVI screens):
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx...gital/home.php
At the moment the only board which appears that it "may" work is the one discussed in this thread. Matrox has a test program which when run on a machine will report whether it works or not. The problem is that it is windows only.
Would one of you KINO-690S1 owners who are running windows on your CarPC consider running the program and let me know what the result is ? You can download it directly from Matrox here:
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gx.../tool/home.php

Feel free to PM me with questions if you have any! I hate to signup and ask this out of the blue but I have not yet had much luck getting this information from vendors/manufacturers yet. I have been reading these forums for several years, I have just not yet built a CarPC and didn't have a pressing need to register until now.

Cheers,

orGSD

That thing is cooooooooool, basically cuts down on having to have a graphics card for each screen. Why do you need that in a car enviroment though? Mine has 1 Head unit screen, then 3 passenger screens, but what i did is I bought a VGA powered splitter, and the passenger screens connect to that. Unless your trying to have 3 diffrent things playing at the same time.

**orgsd** · 03-27-2008, 01:02 PM

This particular product I am planning on using in a different scenario, where the surround feel of 3 16x9 screens will pay off. I just need to find a mini-itx board which can work with the Matrox device.

Would you be able to run their tester program to see if it would work with your board ? In the name of science or simply helping out

?

I hope this summer to begin on my actual CarPC, which may use this board, but won't be using the Matrox device.

Cheers,

orGSD

**HiJackZX1** · 03-27-2008, 01:34 PM

Sure Ill do the test.... and im sure the KINO cn handle it. Just to let you know I just got the board and still waiting for the processor fan (will be here tomorrow) so hopefully by the weekend I will have it up and running.

**jmc1414** · 03-28-2008, 10:59 AM

ive been running a KINO-690S1 for a while now, I ordered it though my company as a "test board" before it really even came out and it is great. The sound is a little disappointing but that can be fixed easily with a sb... I got my TL-56 for $32 shipped, yes used, but they are system pulls so barely used. (people get a laptop and immediately replace the chip for a better one then sell the old on ebay). Considering the price of all overkill doesnt matter as it ended up costing not much more then most of the via setups. I have the whole setup running on a opus 180 with no probs and like 10 usb devices and my screen and a usb hub so i think the 320 will be no problem at all.

**Ryan711** · 03-28-2008, 11:43 AM

Any issues getting the resolution down to 800X480? Or any problems resuming from hibernate/standby?

**HiJackZX1** · 03-28-2008, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by jmc1414

ive been running a KINO-690S1 for a while now, I ordered it though my company as a "test board" before it really even came out and it is great. The sound is a little disappointing but that can be fixed easily with a sb... I got my TL-56 for $32 shipped, yes used, but they are system pulls so barely used. (people get a laptop and immediately replace the chip for a better one then sell the old on ebay). Considering the price of all overkill doesnt matter as it ended up costing not much more then most of the via setups. I have the whole setup running on a opus 180 with no probs and like 10 usb devices and my screen and a usb hub so i think the 320 will be no problem at all.

Yea, the sound looks disappointing, thats why I decided to use Sound Blaster USB Live 24bit. Your lucky, I bought my Turion TL-56 for $100.00 shipped. Power wise I agree, especially since I got most of the devices running off of a relay, rather then the PSU. I figured since most of the devices have their own regulators and fuses that i can do it that way. The I am going to be using all 8 of the USB ports, and 2 of them have 7 port hubs, which are powered through the 5V rail. Im praying that UPS doesnt not screw up my order for the CPU fan and reschedule (they have been doing it alot lately). The number one getter for me was the fact that the board uses SODIMM RAM, my VIA used regular RAM and it was hard to get all the components into my case. With the SODIMM I have much more room. Also the processor placement right in the middle of the board was great. With the VIA I had to stretch the ATX connector across the whole board, with the KINO it reaches perfectly. My main concern is processing speeds and video speeds. I dont want any lag especially with so many screens in my setup.... We will see on the weekend if UPS doesnt screw things up.