MOCK - Tell us what strange gear you've installed ROCK on!

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Any ideas of which WiFi modules are supported on ROCK?

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Iā€™m using this one: CSL USB 3.0 Wireless AC1200 Dual-Band WiFi Network Adapter

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Ah I understand now, ta :slightly_smiling_face:

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And now there is a new pi 4 that night fix the usb issue. Typical as I had just ordered the NuC. Doh!

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@Henry_McLeod nuc 3815 arrived and installed and working, What a doddle to setup. Already it sounds way better than the PI ever did and no ticks or click with better bass extension and quieter overall. Never seen the NUCS bios before, very swish. Need to work out if I can turn off the very bright power light. So far very pleased and takes up about the same overall real estate the pi did with touchscreen. Might brink the pi back just as a controller.

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If you canā€™t find any other way to turn the power light off a bit of masking tape works wonders.

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Ive used Kapton tape with one or more layers - a yellow colour for a change - my SFF case has white LEDsā€¦blue painters tape works well too. If you cut it nicely into small squares its not too intrusive.

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I am glad someone else has found this little gem!

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Itā€™s also the on switch so itā€™s a no go and the light comes through the top of the ventilation holes on top. Might have to put up with it.

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maybe can disconnect the LED inside? or maybe manage in the Bios settings like the Intel NUC can do

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Iā€™m running Rock on an AMD machine.
Pretty cool!

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As indicated on another thread - I picked up a refurbed corporate PC, HP Elite 8300 i5-3470 3.2ghz 4gb, stuck in a 120gb Crucial SSD all for under Ā£100

As of a few moments ago I have ROCK running and both my OSX formatted USB drives visible

7k+ albums and itā€™s as fast or better than the iMac Iā€™m freeing the Core from - another Ā£10 will double the RAM so I might try that when feeling rich :slight_smile:

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OK, so my MOCK build (detailed earlier in the thread) is pretty much complete. I have pretty much enhanced it as far as it will go. The result? I am grinning from ear to ear.
ASRock H310M-ITX/ac
i7 8700
2x4gb Corsair Vengence LPX
Intel 600/660P
Streamcom Nano PSU (160W)
Streamcom FC80 D case
DVD ROM
HDPlex 200w LPSU
JCAT net Femto
2gb Samsung SSD

Now obviously you will see stuff there it is quite easy to argue simply isnā€™t necessary for a networked core. But the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I am very happy with the results and have learned a lot in the process.

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I believe itā€™s ā€œStreacom.ā€ (I have one of their cases for a fanless system.)

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Hi everyone,

Trying to install ROCK on an AM2 mobo (GA-AM1M-S2H) Not having luck with it seeing the image on the USB drive. Anyone have experience with AM2 from a few years ago. Iā€™m thinking itā€™s a BIOS Legacy/UEFI setting.

Cheers,

Greg

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You need the bios set to legacy and have USB set to legacy as well. Then see if that will include the drive in your boot menu. If all fails going back to default settings may be your best option.

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Iā€™ve just had an eBay moment and bought the NUC below. Any ideas if I can use ROCK as an endpoint only on this?

NUC DN2820FYKH 4GB 120GB SSD Windows 10

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Should be able to. I think someone else has tried it - itā€™s certainly been talked about in the forum at some point.

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It was Ā£50 so worth a punt :slight_smile:

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Iā€™ve got this one works brilliantly as an endpoint, IntelĀ® NUC Kit DE3815TYKHE, completely silent too as itā€™s fanless.