Please recommend a small PC - Mesa 5i25, 7i76

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29 May 2018 22:19 - 29 May 2018 22:22 #111294 by InMyDarkestHour
Oh (insert bad words here) why did I look at this thread after andy mentioned SATA DOM........now I gotta get one ;)

Actually make it, 2 it'd be great idea for the HTPC as well :laugh:

Any recommendations Andy ?
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30 May 2018 14:19 #111317 by andypugh

Any recommendations Andy ?


I have not had any real trouble with any of them. You might sometimes have to find a USB header on the board for their 5V supply.

I have used this style: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263001116004
And this: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262850765322
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30 May 2018 17:19 #111325 by Clive S

And this: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262850765322


I have used this one that Andy suggested some time ago and have been very happy with it.
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31 May 2018 03:49 #111343 by InMyDarkestHour
Cheers guys, very much appreciated.

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31 May 2018 12:30 #111349 by NCPatrol
I ended up ordering the J3355B mini itx recommended earlier in the thread. That along with a 4gb stick of ram was $95 shipped. Can't beat that. Going to try mounting it in the cabinet and see what happens. Worst case, I'll pick up a small enclosure and stick it behind the machine.

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20 Jun 2018 22:09 #112668 by NCPatrol
So is there a reason why this J3355B board would not boot from the wheezy bootable flash drive I've been using? I've tested it on several other machines and it seems to work fine. This one just fails and reboots back to the bios.

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20 Jun 2018 22:16 #112671 by InMyDarkestHour
Hahaha yeah it is a bit of a pain, mine's actually rebuilding a kernel ATM but you need to go thru the bios and turn on CSM boot, by default it boots UEFI

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20 Jun 2018 22:26 #112673 by NCPatrol
Found the csm setting but still won't boot. I have it set to only boot from usb with the sata drive off. When I try to boot it goes straight back to the bios settings. I'm using a known good bootable flash drive that's worked on 4 other machine so I'm fairly confident it's not the drive.

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20 Jun 2018 22:37 - 20 Jun 2018 22:37 #112674 by PCW
It may be that the stock Wheezy kernel is too old to work with the J3355 CPU
You might try the Stretch test LinuxCNC/ kernel
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20 Jun 2018 22:38 #112675 by andypugh
Some PC boards will only boot from certain USB ports.

Maybe try them all?

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