Tag Archives: Biostar

Boot from USB Stick on Biostar TF8200 A2+

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Jeff Fitzsimons

I was tired of burning perfectly good DVDs repeatedly for Windows 7 beta testing. Instead, I decided to follow these excellent instructions and copy the contents of the ISO image onto a USB stick and boot from that. My Biostar … Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, Technology | Tagged Biostar, conserve, mass storage, pen drive, stick drive, thumb, thumbdrive, usb, usb stick, Windows 7 | 5 Comments

Biostar TF7050-M2 S/PDIF Digital Audio

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Jeff Fitzsimons

As boxed, the Biostar TF7050 supports multi-channel analog audio, and HDMI audio, which is digital but encrypted. In order to pass-through AC3 streams (for Dolby Digital and DTS), I needed a standard digital audio output. The motherboard has headers for … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged 7050, AC3, Biostar, digital audio, Dolby Digital, DTS, HTPC, MythTV, SPDIF, SPDIF bracket, TF7050-M2 | Leave a comment