[asterisk-users] Asterisk and MiniITX setups

[Doug Lytle]

Mark Greene wrote:
> Doug,
>
> This is a great price but I have a couple questions, as I am not very 
> savy with these systems. When you say, replace the ROM chip, what do 
> you mean by that? Replace it with another ROM chip, and how would I go 
> about learning to program one, etc.
>
Instead of a hard drive in the unit, it has Windows CE burned on ROM.  
The chip plugs into the unit with a standard 44pin connector.  You can 
pull the chip, but a laptop cable and plug in a laptop hard drive.  From 
there, I have a USB DVD drive that I used to install Mandriva 2007.

> As for the PCI riser card, I do not see that there would be room or 
> even a slot for a pci card in the system you linked. to.

I has 1 PCI slot, HP sells a riser card and a slightly larger case cover.
>
>
> My last and most important question is, can an 800 mhz chip handle 
> much of a load at all for asterisk once you put a PRI or FXO/S card in?
>
> I would love to pursue this.

I haven't put it to the test, but I personally think 800mhz with 512mb 
of memory and a 30gb 5400rpm drive would do just fine.  They do have 
faster models though, I've seen up to 1ghz.  I have photos of my unit if 
you'd like me to send them to you off list.

Doug

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