Re: [cobalt-users] Motherboard Supplier?

["Giovanni Premuda" <gpremuda@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

error404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> not true
>
> http://www.viahardware.com/eden_1.shtm
>
> look at the picture and read the specs if you don't believe that I have
> plugged an eden _directly_ into a 17 inch monitor
>
> please bear in mind there is an Eden product range, not an Eden product.

I have been in direct contact with VIA as I need those mainboards to build
some low cost fanless system.

You can currently only buy EPIA boards, which are based on the EDEN 1000
plattform specification. They do include both SVGA and video out.

You can eiher buy them with an Eden processor or with a C3 processor - they
actually differ only in the power consumption and in the clock rate.

This is what a VIA executive states:

<quote>
EDEN is a platform not a motherboard but the EPIA motherboards should be
available in the US in the next coming weeks. Check our Distributors listed
on our website (under where to purchase). www.viatech.com also has so good
information on the EPIA motherboards

Thank you

-------------------------
Jeanine Peterson
VIA Technologies
Plano,TX (USA)

<end quote>

The EPIA mainboards you can currently buy are the following:

EPIA 5000 with EDEN 5000 466 MHz processor:

http://www.idot.com/TheStore/Desktop/551Spec.asp?Product.id=551&Cate.id=5&Pr
oduct.status=green

and

EPIA 800 with VIA C3 800 MHz processor

http://www.idot.com/TheStore/Desktop/601Spec.asp?Product.id=601&Cate.id=5&Pr
oduct.status=green

The C3 processor consumes a little bit more power than the EDEN, but can be
operated fanlessly without problem, so it seems to be a better choice for a
replacement on a Cobalt.

--
Giovanni Premuda
SoftWerk sas