For all who might be interested : same item available from other ebay seller here. Just offered 65$ and it was accepted and shipped.
$70 Dual LAN Mini PC w/ i3-1115G4, 8GB, internal PSU
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I almost bought one, but then I realized I have no idea what I would even use it for.
Proxmox with opnsense is what I am planning to try at first after some memory upgrade.
These are good for a lot of different things. They have win10 IOT so they're good just for that, and then there's the use as a router since dual wans, proxmox as mentioned since I believe memory is good to 64GB, and also good as a digital sign player or HTPC since they were built for that. Hopefully this gets you to buy one so I'm not tempted anymore!
I ordered one which came with all ports caked with grease. Another was just dusty.
They are loaded with a corporate image of win 10 enterprise (fast food). It is not particularly locked down but an unknown windows password is set. Bios is not locked. Any tips on how to reinstall windows while preserving digital license? They also have a physical sticker which I assume should also activate a fresh install.
They are loaded with a corporate image of win 10 enterprise (fast food). It is not particularly locked down but an unknown windows password is set. Bios is not locked. Any tips on how to reinstall windows while preserving digital license? They also have a physical sticker which I assume should also activate a fresh install.
If they aren't tied to a KMS server, then just re-install Windows 10 Enterprise and it will auto-activate. The digital license is tied to the hardware hash stored in a Microsoft server.
I bought two of these boxes, happy with them so far. Like others, I'm going with Proxmox with opnsense. I'll have one in use and the other as a hot spare.
Mine both have fans, and they're a little on the noisy side. I will open up the case later and get rid of all the dust - I expect to find quite a bit judging from the ports - but I'd also be fine with replacing the fans if needed. Does anyone know what good aftermarket fans would fit in these?
PS mmm beefy bacon melt. I got quite hungry booting these up and seeing that digital signage
Mine both have fans, and they're a little on the noisy side. I will open up the case later and get rid of all the dust - I expect to find quite a bit judging from the ports - but I'd also be fine with replacing the fans if needed. Does anyone know what good aftermarket fans would fit in these?
PS mmm beefy bacon melt. I got quite hungry booting these up and seeing that digital signage
This is what was on the unit that arrived for me today. I think it was showing two different boards, but I only had one display connected to it for my testing. My unit was manufactured in January of 2024, was very clean inside, and had no BIOS Passwords or anything else wonky on the install.
There is no space for an additional drive, and there are no SATA headers without adapting from either the M.2 slot or the mPCIE slot.
Came here to answer my own question, but you beat me to it!
I'm guessing the menu content is time driven? When I powered mine up it was showing lunch/dinner options, not breakfast.
Oh, that is entirely possible. I took that photo a little after 10am this morning, eastern time. I did not check to see what timezone the system was configured for.
This driver for the serial IO cleared up my last unknown device:
According to intel that board has:
Gigabit (10/100/1000/2500 Mbps) LAN subsystem using the Intel® i255-LM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• Support for two RJ45 ports with the Dual LAN chassis option
So do these actually have 2.5gbe?
(I did see the first post saying it has one I211, one I219-V, just asking)