This will be more of a development thread to test out some ideas based on past and ongoing set of builds using Asrock fanless embedded mobos Q1900DC -> Q2900 -> J3710 -> present J5005. I've been looking to totally minimize clutter in the boxes I've used lately Morex 557 and MX500, the SSDs being the main culprit. These builds have been used mainly to try out various Linux distros but also as backup as my dated i3770K/750Ti in an S4 case is starting to have intermittent video issues, a recent dust blowout seems to have settled that for awhile at least.
As these are fanless, the need for a walled enclosure is lessened, while looking at images of fanless builds I came across this makerbeam PC and found a better pic on ebay, which has a hideous amount of wires and kluge connectors but still there was promise there.
A quick exchange of plastic for Al, led to the following after sourcing a PCI-E 1x to M.2 adapter (LEDs at top are a 2 x microSD adapter from Bplus I had for awhile, possible to boot from that but Win98 slow) added the 970 EVO and LinuxMint 19 seems to boot faster than an SSD. Using Edimax USB wIfi to eliminate antenna lines from wifi slot, HDMI, USB for KM(on a switch or could use RF adapter for that and get rid of another cable). Just leaves power cable, currently have my old Z3 in there forgot how damn hot those got.
Just got one of these wireless remote switches in the mail looking at using for a power switch, should work from looking at schematic. Currently using manual method
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-No-N...hash=item4d3c50776c:m:mVCiEmEdWDLXSh1iagVBh9A
Next step will be to replace the 200mm beams in one direction with 150mm should fit judging by a 150mm openbeam piece used as a spacer will get it to 3L. Final replacement for the S4 will likely be a thin mini-ITX or STX but the beauty of these Asrock embeddeds is for ~$100 you can get the latest video upgrades and CPU/GPU already there, the J5005 is more than adequate for most average home usage. Thin ITX will allow a 2.2L build with onboard M.2 2280, unless Asrock steps up on next version embedded.
As these are fanless, the need for a walled enclosure is lessened, while looking at images of fanless builds I came across this makerbeam PC and found a better pic on ebay, which has a hideous amount of wires and kluge connectors but still there was promise there.
A quick exchange of plastic for Al, led to the following after sourcing a PCI-E 1x to M.2 adapter (LEDs at top are a 2 x microSD adapter from Bplus I had for awhile, possible to boot from that but Win98 slow) added the 970 EVO and LinuxMint 19 seems to boot faster than an SSD. Using Edimax USB wIfi to eliminate antenna lines from wifi slot, HDMI, USB for KM(on a switch or could use RF adapter for that and get rid of another cable). Just leaves power cable, currently have my old Z3 in there forgot how damn hot those got.
Just got one of these wireless remote switches in the mail looking at using for a power switch, should work from looking at schematic. Currently using manual method
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-No-N...hash=item4d3c50776c:m:mVCiEmEdWDLXSh1iagVBh9A
Next step will be to replace the 200mm beams in one direction with 150mm should fit judging by a 150mm openbeam piece used as a spacer will get it to 3L. Final replacement for the S4 will likely be a thin mini-ITX or STX but the beauty of these Asrock embeddeds is for ~$100 you can get the latest video upgrades and CPU/GPU already there, the J5005 is more than adequate for most average home usage. Thin ITX will allow a 2.2L build with onboard M.2 2280, unless Asrock steps up on next version embedded.
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