W2YMM Mini-ITX Node

Spec's on my setup

Brand: VIA

Processor Type: VIA C3

Processor Speed : 800 MHz

Operating System: CentOS 4.8 (Final) Distribution IRLP_CD_7.05.

Processor Configuration: Single Core

Memory (RAM): 256 MB

Hard Drive Capacity: 40 GB

Dimensions : 12"x10"x2.5"

More info and the Doc's can be found HERE

Well, After many reliable years of operation, I decided to retire my old PII 300 MHz node computer.

It was still working great, but had many hours on it.

I stumbled upon these computers through a posting on the IRLP Yahoo group and decided to give it a try.

This came from an ebay seller, new in the box for $79.99. (Was 69.99, but now up to 89.99)

So far I am very impressed with this tiny computer.

I installed IRLP on it as well as Echolink and a number of other custom add on scripts.

Update

After 5 month of service, It is still going STRONG. I haven't had to do a reset and I couldn't be happier with this unit as a node computer. (3/3/2010)

One of the things I had to do was change the Power supply connector from a small type to the larger type that is required for powering the IRLP board. There wasn't a spare larger one inside the computer.

I also changed the flat ribbon cable for the hard drive to a round cable type to neaten up the inside of the case.

Other Hints (things I found out along the way)

I changed the J2 Auto reboot jumper on the mother board. This way in the event of a sudden power loss the computer will reboot instead of having to press the switch.
Enabled USB keyboard in the bios to turn on the usb ports to allow booting from a usb device.
When I intially built the node I attached an old cd rom drive to the spare IDE socket on the mother board and ran the IRLP Centos disc. After It was up and running I removed the cd drive.
In the Bios, under VIA Onchip PCI device you need to enable the Sound
If I think of anything else I'll add it later.