fragged
10-20-2006, 07:54 AM
Hey, this is just a thought, and by no means do I plan on taking this project on in the near future, just wondering if it could work... If you feel the need you can take this project on yourself, so long as you release all the source code / details :)
So I hear that Sata drives are hot swappable (bar the windows drive) although I have never used them. What I have used however is 2.5" drives with a full size IDE converter. These are somewhat quieter than regular drives... So this was my thought, say you were to build a HTPC, and install the OS components onto a laptop hard drive (or solid state storage) and then use a controller to turn a SATA drive(s) on to view files, when you've decided which to watch, it copies it to the laptop drive or RAM, beguins playing it, and turn the SATA drive off again, allowing for closer-to-silent HTPC capabilities. Would this be possible? any thoughts on it?
I know you can have the ability to turn power on/off to anything via a serial cable and electrical components (my electronics is teh sukc) an example would be here Here (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1011/bus-68/Logisys_12_Volt_Remote_Control_RM01.html?tl=g4c153 s423) although it only controls 12v and ground (also needs 6v and another gnd) and programming it would be a pain in the rectum (not to mention implementing it inside an open source media centre) but for the audiophiles out there it would be appreciated
Any thoughts?
-Fragged
So I hear that Sata drives are hot swappable (bar the windows drive) although I have never used them. What I have used however is 2.5" drives with a full size IDE converter. These are somewhat quieter than regular drives... So this was my thought, say you were to build a HTPC, and install the OS components onto a laptop hard drive (or solid state storage) and then use a controller to turn a SATA drive(s) on to view files, when you've decided which to watch, it copies it to the laptop drive or RAM, beguins playing it, and turn the SATA drive off again, allowing for closer-to-silent HTPC capabilities. Would this be possible? any thoughts on it?
I know you can have the ability to turn power on/off to anything via a serial cable and electrical components (my electronics is teh sukc) an example would be here Here (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1011/bus-68/Logisys_12_Volt_Remote_Control_RM01.html?tl=g4c153 s423) although it only controls 12v and ground (also needs 6v and another gnd) and programming it would be a pain in the rectum (not to mention implementing it inside an open source media centre) but for the audiophiles out there it would be appreciated
Any thoughts?
-Fragged