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A few minutes of hesitation, wiggle the video cable and reboot - and it all works perfectly. No OS reinstall, no non-functioning devices, no exclamation marks in device manager*, not even anything odd in event viewer. It's as though the Update Pixie, or Sooty, has sprinkled my new build with oofle-dust and Izzy-Wizzy Lets Get Busy it all just works. Backups are back-upping, Plex is Plexxing. <br /><br /> *well, one, because of shitty Intel AMT which I hope a BIOS update will lose<br /><br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.48&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.48"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_49"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_49"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 8 Apr 2019 23:16</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Izziwizzi <span><span class="image post_unread" title="Unread Message"></span></span> <span class="message_count">49 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.49">42301.49</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_48" target="_self">42301.48</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I think Willy wants to get busy with you.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.49&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.49"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_50"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_50"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 08:47</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 08:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">50 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.50">42301.50</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_48" target="_self">42301.48</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Have you finished the music thing?<br /> I've lost track. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.50&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.50"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_51"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_51"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 08:55</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 21:54"></span></span> <span class="message_count">51 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.51">42301.51</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_49" target="_self">42301.49</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well, I wanted to be able to leave it alone again for a few years.<br /><br /> ...Oh, and it invalidated the Windows license key and 'deactivated' it. But using an old Windows 7 key worked fine.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.51&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.51"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_52"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_52"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 09:05</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 09:14"></span></span> <span class="message_count">52 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.52">42301.52</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_50" target="_self">42301.50</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Got all the bits now but haven't got round to building it yet.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.52&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.52"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_53"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_53"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 09:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 09:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">53 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.53">42301.53</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_52" target="_self">42301.52</a></div> <div class="message_body"> But the tiny little motherboard and case are very cute.<br /><br /> Here they are next to a medium tower case and my size 9 for scale.<br /><br /> </div> <div class="message_attachments"> <span>Attachments:</span> <ul> <li><span class="image attach"></span><a href="get_attachment.php?webtag=DEFAULT&hash=cbd1ed61de963f3d92cf45a5a6a5c694&filename=My Right Foot.jpg" target="_blank">My Right Foot.jpg</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.53&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.53"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_54"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_54"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 09:54</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 09:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">54 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.54">42301.54</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_53" target="_self">42301.53</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Teeny.<br /> What was the reason for STX over a NUC or similar barebones "nettop" type device.<br /> Though I know nettops aren't exactly widespread these days. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.54&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.54"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_55"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_55"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 11:50</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 15:10"></span></span> <span class="message_count">55 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.55">42301.55</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_54" target="_self">42301.54</a></div> <div class="message_body"> There are quite a few mini-PCs around from companies like Beelink and AcePC. They vary in spec from very low-powered Atoms and Celerons up to i7 with 16GB tbh. Most come with Windows 10 or a flavour of Android. That's fine, but I also wanted to have at least 2TB of disk space accessible over ethernet (Gigabit) with a further 2TB to back up the main disk. Almost none of the barebones or built boxes allow for additional drives. I could probably do it using external drives plugged into a mini-PC but there's a huge difference between transferring files over a Gigabit link and over a Gigabit link plus a USB port. Anyway, it was all starting to look a bit cumbersome for something I want to sit in view.<br /><br /> The little Silverstone case has room for a couple of 2.5" drives with proper mounting points. The STX board has 2 SATA headers and comes with matching connectors, plus it has an M.2 slot for a third (PCIe) drive to boot from. So I can put everything into one box and hang a little Cyrus DAC from a USB port at the back. I can control the lot with an eSYNiC mini keyboard and use the telly as a monitor.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.55&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.55"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_56"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_56"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 15:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 16:00"></span></span> <span class="message_count">56 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.56">42301.56</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_55" target="_self">42301.55</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Gotcha. Thought it would be storage that was the hold up if you didn't want the storage elsewhere on the network. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.56&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.56"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42301_57"></a><div class="message" id="message_42301_57"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2019 16:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2019 16:13"></span></span> <span class="message_count">57 of 168</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.57">42301.57</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42301.48#a42301_55" target="_self">42301.55</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><strong>Quote:</strong> </div> <div class="quote">there's a huge difference between transferring files over a Gigabit link and over a Gigabit link plus a USB port</div> <p>It's pretty negligible with USB 3 IME.</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42301.57&return_msg=42301.48" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42301.57"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42301.58" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>