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I layered a few thin thermal pads to thermally bond the bottom NVME to the tray. not sure how much it helps, but seemed a good idea.

did sleep actually work reliably with those versions then?

I haven't tried, but I think there's a BIOS setting for it, take a look.

I don't know your other two options, but thumbs up for the NH-L9a. I put a larger low-profile Noctua fan on it (using cable ties to secure it) so it also cools the ram and SSD a little, but it seems to be the sweet spot (you can't do a lot better temperature wise AFAIKS), and both the original...

cool, it's great how the Deskmini invites hacking it. Of course in a couple of years or so we'll have even smaller (more) powerful platforms, but right now with a powerful APU it's just awesome.

just tried this on the BIOS for my MSI Tomahawk x570, works fine there too (that BIOS had 4 instances of the splash screen that all had to be replaced). sweet.

yes they were never sold at retail, only to OEMs. Apparently AMD planned to, but then decided against it. I imported my 4750G from South Korea via Ebay IIRC. They do sell on Ebay, if you buy from a reputable seller it should be OK. not cheap agreed, but you get the smallest super powerful...

BTW, one issue with the 5700G on the X300 is that the USB2.0 ports are completely broken. When it works, it runs slow (noticed on my own code driving a USB serial adapter). But much worse, devices hang/disconnect when there is significant USB2.0 trafffic, and my USB 2.0 audio interface (RME...

Not sure about the A300 (I'm on X300), but the 4750G / 4700G are the best Renoirs (I ran the 4750G before upgrading to a 5700G, great). From Anandtech (Testing The World’s Best APUs: Desktop AMD Ryzen 4750G, 4650G and 4350G (anandtech.com)): AMD Ryzen 4000G Series APUs...

I figured it out (updated): the BIOS only contains an empty (all-black 1 pixel) splash screen, hence no image. It also contains a second small image giving the BIOS key options: I tried to use HackBGRT (Metabolix/HackBGRT: Windows boot logo changer for UEFI systems (github.com)), but...

interesting, how much better is it?

(of course I forgot to look for it, but I'm opening up again soon so will try again.) I just installed the 5700G on my X300 (upgraded from a 4750G) with liquid metal: 5700G: - seems great & runs fine so far, somewhere around 18% faster in single-core, ~15% in multicore. - my Ballistix 32GB...

To update, I've been running the rig quite a few times now on the fully charged battery (max 20.7V), and it seems to be fine. too early to tell if there are any long-term consequences, but I suspect (but can't guarantee) 21V is OK. The way to be reasonably sure is to find the voltage converter...

well... I just flipped the switch on my fully charged Metabo 18V 10ah powertool battery, to power my DIY X300-based live music rig. The problem? fully charged it's actually 20.7V . Did the X300 survive? watch me turn it on the first time:

BTW, I will try 21V tomorrow (a Li-ion powertool battery) so we'll see :).