Building a DIY Music Server

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Out of curiosity, has anyone tried the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 I/O Board with the pcie port ? can you run something like a jcat usb card on it ?

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has anyone compared win 11 with the rest ?

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have you tried to edit the bios and remove the cpu microcode patches that they`ve added to handle exploits like spectre and so on?

they do tend to mess with the performance and sound quality 

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I have a question regarding mobos. 

Are there any motherboards that have an onboard cpu that also have Optane support ?

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do you guys do any tweaks on RAM timings, or you just run on auto ?

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1 hour ago, littlej0e said:

At a minimum, manually set your RAM speed to match the recommended speed with your CPUs (i.e. 2400MHz, 2600MHz, etc.). For example, if you are using Xeon 4210s your RAM should be set to 2400Mhz. Also, depending on your RAM type and capability, you can try playing with (under) voltage, CAS latency, etc. but only if you know exactly what you are doing.

i`ll teach you guys a trick. if you run windows, you can use software like (MSI Dragon Ball, Asus MemTweakIt) to modify each individual  timing in real time and hear the differences in sound that each setting offers. 
Also, the changes are not permanent, all the changes that you make will get reset when you restart the pc, so if you like a certain setting, you have to modify it in the bios to stay permanent.

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19 hours ago, baconbrain said:

 

Could one not risk trashing the installed OS with this approach?

trash in what way ? MemTweakIt is portable, and any changes you make go away on restart.

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put on your tin foil hats boys. do you know that changing the battery on your motherboard, changes the sound?

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1 hour ago, MarcelNL said:

explain, I always wear my tin foil hat ;-)

when you get too much time on your hands, you get curious about random things, so because of that i went and bought 10 different brands of cr2032 batteries.

i tested each for a few days, but some were so bad that i had to swap them instantly. 

according to my ears, the tests showed that the batteries will influence the sound of your setup, either in a good way or a very bad way. depending on the battery, it can make it sound washed out, too distant, no sparkle and sometimes even like its out of phase.

i found 3 batteries interesting, the KTS, Fujitsu and Vartra, i`m still testing to see which one i like more.

The KTS is the most balanced one, The Fujitsu seems to create this type of weird stage that i find interesting, and the Vartra seems to get better the more its in the system.

 

i plan to remove the battery completely in the future, but 1st i need to export my bios and edit the file to include all the settings changes that i usually do, and then i just flash it on the mobo to replace the default one.

 

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4 hours ago, MarcelNL said:

wow that is indeed far out of what anyone would expect!

 

interesting! Wouldn't that mean that you'd need to flash your bios every time you reboot?

no no no. when you flash the modified bios, it will replace the default one, so even if you do a CMOS reset, the settings that you changed will remain.

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i`ve noticed that alot of power supplies have that blue potentiometer for voltage adjustments. 

how does that work, if the PSU`s current voltage is set to 12v, can i adjust it and set it to 5?

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ok, thank you for the info.

i have another question though. if the psu outputs 5v 3amp, does it do 3amp constantly or can i use it on a device that requires 5v 1amp ?

 

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understood, thank you very much for the info.