www.abithelp.com

You had one of these Chris. I remember you saying that a phenom wouldn't work. What CPUs are compatible?

Nevermind

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ABIT/NF-M2SV.html

I was running an Opti 175 and then an X2 6000+ in my NF-M2S board with BIOS v.13. The SV could be a little different, tho. Did you check the "Downloads" section here? We have BIOS' and manuals! Chris.

Talking about that, I just took a look.

The Manual for the NF-M2SV is not there. It is shared with the NF-M2S and NF-M2P, and those do not have one either.

So, Chris...you might check the folder that holds the Downloads but here is a link to get it if its missing:

NF-M2P_NF-M2S_NF-M2SV
NF-M2-NVIEW

DL them before the FTP goes down

Josh is adding files and fixing up the Downloads section. Thanks for the heads up, GB. Chris.

I'm trying to put this to use as a HTPC. I got a neat low profile horizontal case for nothing. But I would love to connect digital audio to my HT receiver. Is there a s/pdif header on this thing? I can't see one. anybody got any cheap ideas that will allow all the cool dolby and dts formats to come alive?


Some other issues:
I got a SATA Liteon Blu Ray ROM drive and I am trying to get Fedora 13 to install. BIOS sees the drive but the OS doesn't.
I couldn't get XP to install either. The install would blue screen and blame the hard drive

I don't think that board has the SPDIF header. Is that a SATA II drive? I don't remember if that board is SATA I or II.

I don't know. The hard drive is a few years old and works fine. Is there a pin or something to make it compatible? This is my first sata cd drive

Whatya think for audio options? External usb?


http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherbo ... ME=NF-M2SV

I don't know squat about SATA DVD drives, other than that that some Abit boards and VIA boards just don't like them. So, "Consult your factory manual"

You were very correct. There is an issue with the LiteOn BD-ROM only and Nvidia chipsets. Particularly when trying to use Linux. Something called nv_sata_driver in the current Linux kernel doesn't gel with the nvidia sata controller and that particular blu-[ray drive. Since this is a less than 1% of the users issue nobody cares to fix it. The solution is fix the kernel yourself, get a different bd-rom drive or go with windows. I went with the latter 2 choices.

My solution to the s/pdif problem is called a gpu with native HDMI (geforce 220 low profile). My TV has a s/pdif output and it should pass the digital audio stuff from the movie to my dts neo surround receiver.