Intel nuc

twhitehousescat

a few days ago I had a power failure , when power came back my nuc was broken , nuc 513 , 6+ yrs old , running hot (on 24/7)

sits there with blue light , orange disk light and fan on , no vid output

read the internet stripped down and cleaned fan (it was badly blocked)

was then working and running lot cooler

this morning we have flashing lights and no play

twhitehousescat

storage via m2 card , memory 2 x8g

TadleyBaggie

Nuc? .

BigAl94

https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/boards-kits/nuc.html

twhitehousescat

BigAl94 wrote: »

https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/boards-kits/nuc.html

thanks , now running seems to be loosing its bios , will run if i run recovery , cmos battery? but no message ? , intel say to change every 3 yrs , but do not actually sell battery , it a sealed unit with 2 pin plug , looks laptop universal

DoaM

https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/articles/000006787/intel-nuc.html

twhitehousescat

I have read that article , and actually found a dell one that is compatible , but no boot message to say flat battery

now booting , but struggles

twhitehousescat

as an update to this , tried a replacement battery - intel do not actually list or sell one , so i got  compaq/dell one that was listed on ebay as sutable for the nuc 

no difference , however i found some documentation on intels website showing colour pics , the micro molex plug on the intel one is reversed !
second replacemnt fitted today with lead cut , reversed nd resolderd , the nuc now works and its alzeimers has now gone 

it now has a rtc and bios memory 

MinuteNoodles

I love those Intel NUCs. If you're just wanting a desktop for web, office etc they're a great solution without having to have a tower case and you can get brackets to attach them to the back of a monitor. They've just brought out a gaming one now but it's a fair old size.

twhitehousescat

i now own the 513 , and i have just bought a 515 , as you say good , i say bloody brilliant , had the 513 for 6 yrs , on 24/7 was dust that killed it , but in now lives on 
my 515 now has 16g sodimm , a 128g m.2 card and a 256g ssd for backup 
vesa bkts come in the box , 2 min job to mount to a monitor and use short mini display or hdmi lead , and cordless keyboard and mouse 

mart44

I bought a refurbished 5i5 with a 256 SSD and 16 GB of memory. It runs Paintshop Pro, CorelDraw and a few other similar programs without difficulty. Also installed are Libre Office and the games I like to play (hidden object, jig-saws). It probably has its limits but I haven't come across anything yet that has made it struggle. It runs almost silently too.