Updated ROCK installation Guides needed

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I’m having trouble with the ROCK guides (Install, Configuring BIOS on your NUC) which appear to be out of date for 12th Gen NUCs.

The BIOS screen and options are vastly different on my NUC12WSHi7 NUC Pro Barebone Kit to what’s in the guides and there’s something not right that’s preventing a proper startup after Roon OS installation. I follow the steps as outlined in the guides - where I am able to do so but the options are not exactly the same - but get a message “Failed to boot while flipping back to B. ….” I’ve found one other mention of this is the forums but that post did not receive and replies.

I have Crucial 32GB (1x 32GB) DDR4 3200MHz SODIMM Memory and am trying to boot from a Silicon Power P34A60 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSD and have a Lexar NS100 2.5” SATA 6Gb/s SSD installed internally (for music files). The boot order is correct in the Bios when I set it, after having reset to defaults as instructed, but I note that the order was reversed on the screen I was asked where to instal Roon Os to. My Bios version is WSADL357.0075.2022.0322.1605 but I can’t read “Intel” so have no idea if this needs updating (it should not, as the NUC is new).

Any help much appreciated. This setup cost me a total of $750 which is about 1/3 of what Roon is charging for an i3 processor with 4Gb RAM and a 64Gb SSD so giving up and buying an over-priced Nucleus instead is not an option.

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Do your install with the storage drive intended for music disconnected.

Disconnect storage drive, leave the M.2 in place.
Set bios.
Install ROCK.
Confirm correct boot of ROCK.
Add ffmpeg
Connect music storage.

All of this assumes your NUC is supported. I don’t know enough about the newest devices to assume it is.

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Thanks Henry,

I’ll give that a try. This NUC is supported according to the ROCK instal guide so that’s at least one thing sorted :grin:

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Ok so I took out the SATA drive and was able to get Roon up and running. Put the SATA drive back in so I could add my music files and I get the same message as before. Aaarrrggghhh!

I just stuck a USB drive in the front of the NUC which seems to work fine. This is an inelegant solution but it’ll have to do … I’m done with it. :hot_face:

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Using external.usb storage is imho preferable for any number of reasons.

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The current version is 0087, so yours is even quite outdated. This will most probably not have any influence on your topic here, but I would recommend updating for security reasons. I use the F7 method and it works without any problems.

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Thanks Tom, I’ll have a crack at that then.

I guess this NUC is about 6 months old so updates would have come thick and fast initially, being a new generational release.

I’m all up and running now, thanks to the help on these pages. It’s a whole new world to me as everything I’ve ever used has been Apple (which is truly plug-and-play). The ROCK setup appears to be significantly faster than having the Core on my laptop … here’s hoping it’ll be more stable etc also.

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I have a NUC i3 11th Gen, Intel seems to publish updated BIOS versions 3-4 times a year…

You will not regret this setup. Same with me as to Apple stuff, but the NUC ROCK works so well (iPad as remote), it is really a great possibility that ROON offers! Besides occasional BIOS Updates, it is very low maintenance, quiet and super fast.

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@Rugby - May I ask why?

Torben

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I don’t know his reasons, but here could be a couple:

  1. It’s easier to upgrade.
  2. It’s somewhat faster to copy the music to a USB drive from a computer, then connect that to the NUC.
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Perhaps check the drive boot order in the bios. Sounds like it may be trying to boot your media drive rather than the M2.