nT330i
| rev 19 | rev 20 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Materials | 21 | Materials | ||
| 22 | ------------ | 22 | ------------ | ||
| t | 23 | t | |||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | ||||
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 26 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 27 | :align: right | ||||
| 28 | 23 | ||||
| 29 | * Small Phillips head | 24 | * Small Phillips head | ||
| rev 18 | rev 19 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | http://www.rxmarket.net/ accutane generic =]]] http://www.effectivemedcare.com/ | t | 1 | Setup and review of the Foxconn NetBox-nT330i |
| > | phentermine vkb | ||||
| 2 | ================================================= | ||||
| 3 | .. contents:: | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 | The Project Goals | ||||
| 9 | --------------------- | ||||
| 10 | Build a very small footprint *(size and energy consumption)* media center comput | ||||
| > | er. | ||||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | Computer must be attached to my large living room television. | ||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | This setup must enable the following: | ||||
| 15 | |||||
| 16 | * Play Internet video *(youtube, hulu, ect.)* on the TV. | ||||
| 17 | * Stream media from other networked systems *(desktop, freeNAS server)*. | ||||
| 18 | * Emulate and play roms from NES, SNES, Sega, Gameboy, N64, PS1. | ||||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | |||||
| 21 | Materials | ||||
| 22 | ------------ | ||||
| 23 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | ||||
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 26 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 27 | :align: right | ||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | * Small Phillips head | ||||
| 30 | * Small Flat head | ||||
| 31 | * nT330i `(Specs) <http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index. | ||||
| > | html>`_ | ||||
| 32 | * Memory DDR2 (2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 PC2 6400) | ||||
| 33 | * Laptop sata harddrive (80gb) | ||||
| 34 | * ubuntu iso | ||||
| 35 | * 2gb+ flash drive | ||||
| 36 | |||||
| 37 | |||||
| 38 | |||||
| 39 | Hardware Installation Guide | ||||
| 40 | ----------------------------- | ||||
| 41 | |||||
| 42 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | ||||
| 43 | |||||
| 44 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-1.jpg | ||||
| 45 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-2.jpg | ||||
| 46 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-3.jpg | ||||
| 47 | |||||
| 48 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | ||||
| 49 | |||||
| 50 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-4.jpg | ||||
| 51 | |||||
| 52 | #. Remove side cover. | ||||
| 53 | * This step was very difficult, I used a thin screw driver and slowly pried. | ||||
| > | I worked my way around the case. | ||||
| 54 | |||||
| 55 | |||||
| 56 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-5.jpg | ||||
| 57 | |||||
| 58 | #. Remove the 4 screws on the harddrive bracket. | ||||
| 59 | |||||
| 60 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-6.jpg | ||||
| 61 | |||||
| 62 | #. Place harddrive into bracket and screw in in with supplied screws. | ||||
| 63 | * The bracket has a peg on one of the corners and forces you to insert the d | ||||
| > | rive in that angle first. | ||||
| 64 | |||||
| 65 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-7.jpg | ||||
| 66 | |||||
| 67 | #. Place drive and bracket into place on the motherboard and slide its connectio | ||||
| > | n into the SATA header. | ||||
| 68 | |||||
| 69 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-8.jpg | ||||
| 70 | |||||
| 71 | #. Screw the bracket back into the chassis / motherboard. | ||||
| 72 | #. Install the ram. | ||||
| 73 | * Ram inserts on a slight angle, slide the contacts all the way in. Gingerl | ||||
| > | y press down on the stick to lock into place. | ||||
| 74 | |||||
| 75 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-9.jpg | ||||
| 76 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-10.jpg | ||||
| 77 | |||||
| 78 | #. Replace side of case. Replace 4 screws on external case. | ||||
| 79 | |||||
| 80 | |||||
| 81 | |||||
| 82 | |||||
| 83 | Software Installation Guide | ||||
| 84 | ---------------------------- | ||||
| 85 | |||||
| 86 | #. Create a bootable live ubuntu installation on the flash drive. | ||||
| 87 | #. `System -> Administration -> USB Startup Disk Creator <https://help.ubunt | ||||
| > | u.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick>`_ | ||||
| 88 | |||||
| 89 | #. Boot to flash drive and install ubuntu to local harddrive. | ||||
| 90 | |||||
| 91 | Miscellaneous Thoughts | ||||
| 92 | -------------------------- | ||||
| 93 | |||||
| 94 | This section documents some other things I encountered and thought about when co | ||||
| > | nfiguring the nT330i. | ||||
| 95 | |||||
| 96 | How to enable HD video | ||||
| 97 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 98 | |||||
| 99 | I had to manually install nvidia-185 driver from Synaptic. | ||||
| 100 | |||||
| 101 | **System > Administration > Synaptic** | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | Search for nvidia and install it and any dependent packages. | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | Once the driver is installed click: | ||||
| 106 | |||||
| 107 | **System > Administration > Hardware Drivers** | ||||
| 108 | |||||
| 109 | Run a scan and enable 3d support. | ||||
| 110 | |||||
| 111 | |||||
| 112 | |||||
| 113 | Trick for full screen flash, youtube, and hulu. | ||||
| 114 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 115 | |||||
| 116 | I found that the video quality was poor when I full screened hulu. I could almo | ||||
| > | st see the video scanning. | ||||
| 117 | |||||
| 118 | After wasting time with different flash versions I found an trick. Instead of u | ||||
| > | sing full screen I used compiz enhanced zoom. | ||||
| 119 | |||||
| 120 | The compiz enhanced zoom cleans the image up really well and gets rid of the sca | ||||
| > | nning / strobing. Give it a shot! | ||||
| 121 | |||||
| 122 | Hold down the super key and click down the middle mouse button (scroll wheel) an | ||||
| > | d drag a square on the screen you would like to be zoomed into. When you are fi | ||||
| > | nished you may hold the super key again and use the wheel to scroll back to norm | ||||
| > | al size. | ||||
| 123 | |||||
| 124 | You can hold super and 'r' to zoom a window too, great for when I play starcraft | ||||
| > | in wine window mode. | ||||
| 125 | |||||
| 126 | |||||
| 127 | |||||
| 128 | |||||
| 129 | |||||
| 130 | Pleasant surprises | ||||
| 131 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 132 | |||||
| 133 | * VERY small computer. Very thin. Smaller then most personal routers. | ||||
| 134 | * Structure "feels" strong and expensive. The engineering is amazing. | ||||
| 135 | * 6 USB 2.0 ports. | ||||
| 136 | * Wifi or rj45 connections. | ||||
| 137 | * Memory card drive on front, MS/SD/MMC | ||||
| 138 | * Dual Core and hyper threading! (looks like 4 cores) | ||||
| 139 | * Hdmi OUT! (Audio and Video sent to the TV over one wire!) | ||||
| 140 | * The video card 3d graphics are amazing for a little unit. (Compiz Cube, lots o | ||||
| > | f eye candy turned on!) | ||||
| 141 | |||||
| 142 | |||||
| 143 | |||||
| 144 | Power Consumption | ||||
| 145 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 146 | |||||
| 147 | The nT330i is a green computer, don't feel guilty leaving it on! | ||||
| 148 | |||||
| 149 | I used the kilowatt meter to find the following energy consumptions: | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 151 | * IDLE approx 15watts | ||||
| 152 | * LOAD approx 30watts | ||||
| 153 | |||||
| 154 | |||||
| 155 | nT330i Hardware Drivers | ||||
| 156 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 157 | |||||
| 158 | If you are having trouble finding the official drivers for nT330i please refer | ||||
| > | to the `Foxconn Driver Page <http://www.foxconnsupport.com/download.aspx>`_. | ||||
| 159 | |||||
| 160 | Current status | ||||
| 161 | ================== | ||||
| 162 | |||||
| 163 | I get 1080p resolution out to the television but I'm having overscan trouble. | ||||
| > | Not sure if this is a TV issue or the computer. Some people have resolved this | ||||
| > | issue using a custom X11/xorg.conf mode and scan resolution. | ||||
| 164 | |||||
| 165 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | ||||
| 166 | |||||
| rev 16 | rev 17 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| rev 14 | rev 15 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | Setup and review of the Foxconn NetBox-nT330i | t | 1 | http://www.anxietycare.net/ valium 941 http://www.rxmarket.net/ accutane vwzxa |
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| 2 | ================================================= | ||||
| 3 | .. contents:: | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 | The Project Goals | ||||
| 9 | --------------------- | ||||
| 10 | Build a very small footprint *(size and energy consumption)* media center comput | ||||
| > | er. | ||||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | Computer must be attached to my large living room television. | ||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | This setup must enable the following: | ||||
| 15 | |||||
| 16 | * Play Internet video *(youtube, hulu, ect.)* on the TV. | ||||
| 17 | * Stream media from other networked systems *(desktop, freeNAS server)*. | ||||
| 18 | * Emulate and play roms from NES, SNES, Sega, Gameboy, N64, PS1. | ||||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | |||||
| 21 | Materials | ||||
| 22 | ------------ | ||||
| 23 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | ||||
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 26 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 27 | :align: right | ||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | * Small Phillips head | ||||
| 30 | * Small Flat head | ||||
| 31 | * nT330i `(Specs) <http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index. | ||||
| > | html>`_ | ||||
| 32 | * Memory DDR2 (2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 PC2 6400) | ||||
| 33 | * Laptop sata harddrive (80gb) | ||||
| 34 | * ubuntu iso | ||||
| 35 | * 2gb+ flash drive | ||||
| 36 | |||||
| 37 | |||||
| 38 | |||||
| 39 | Hardware Installation Guide | ||||
| 40 | ----------------------------- | ||||
| 41 | |||||
| 42 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | ||||
| 43 | |||||
| 44 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-1.jpg | ||||
| 45 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-2.jpg | ||||
| 46 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-3.jpg | ||||
| 47 | |||||
| 48 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | ||||
| 49 | |||||
| 50 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-4.jpg | ||||
| 51 | |||||
| 52 | #. Remove side cover. | ||||
| 53 | * This step was very difficult, I used a thin screw driver and slowly pried. | ||||
| > | I worked my way around the case. | ||||
| 54 | |||||
| 55 | |||||
| 56 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-5.jpg | ||||
| 57 | |||||
| 58 | #. Remove the 4 screws on the harddrive bracket. | ||||
| 59 | |||||
| 60 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-6.jpg | ||||
| 61 | |||||
| 62 | #. Place harddrive into bracket and screw in in with supplied screws. | ||||
| 63 | * The bracket has a peg on one of the corners and forces you to insert the d | ||||
| > | rive in that angle first. | ||||
| 64 | |||||
| 65 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-7.jpg | ||||
| 66 | |||||
| 67 | #. Place drive and bracket into place on the motherboard and slide its connectio | ||||
| > | n into the SATA header. | ||||
| 68 | |||||
| 69 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-8.jpg | ||||
| 70 | |||||
| 71 | #. Screw the bracket back into the chassis / motherboard. | ||||
| 72 | #. Install the ram. | ||||
| 73 | * Ram inserts on a slight angle, slide the contacts all the way in. Gingerl | ||||
| > | y press down on the stick to lock into place. | ||||
| 74 | |||||
| 75 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-9.jpg | ||||
| 76 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-10.jpg | ||||
| 77 | |||||
| 78 | #. Replace side of case. Replace 4 screws on external case. | ||||
| 79 | |||||
| 80 | |||||
| 81 | |||||
| 82 | |||||
| 83 | Software Installation Guide | ||||
| 84 | ---------------------------- | ||||
| 85 | |||||
| 86 | #. Create a bootable live ubuntu installation on the flash drive. | ||||
| 87 | #. `System -> Administration -> USB Startup Disk Creator <https://help.ubunt | ||||
| > | u.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick>`_ | ||||
| 88 | |||||
| 89 | #. Boot to flash drive and install ubuntu to local harddrive. | ||||
| 90 | |||||
| 91 | Miscellaneous Thoughts | ||||
| 92 | -------------------------- | ||||
| 93 | |||||
| 94 | This section documents some other things I encountered and thought about when co | ||||
| > | nfiguring the nT330i. | ||||
| 95 | |||||
| 96 | How to enable HD video | ||||
| 97 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 98 | |||||
| 99 | I had to manually install nvidia-185 driver from Synaptic. | ||||
| 100 | |||||
| 101 | **System > Administration > Synaptic** | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | Search for nvidia and install it and any dependent packages. | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | Once the driver is installed click: | ||||
| 106 | |||||
| 107 | **System > Administration > Hardware Drivers** | ||||
| 108 | |||||
| 109 | Run a scan and enable 3d support. | ||||
| 110 | |||||
| 111 | |||||
| 112 | |||||
| 113 | Trick for full screen flash, youtube, and hulu. | ||||
| 114 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 115 | |||||
| 116 | I found that the video quality was poor when I full screened hulu. I could almo | ||||
| > | st see the video scanning. | ||||
| 117 | |||||
| 118 | After wasting time with different flash versions I found an trick. Instead of u | ||||
| > | sing full screen I used compiz enhanced zoom. | ||||
| 119 | |||||
| 120 | The compiz enhanced zoom cleans the image up really well and gets rid of the sca | ||||
| > | nning / strobing. Give it a shot! | ||||
| 121 | |||||
| 122 | Hold down the super key and click down the middle mouse button (scroll wheel) an | ||||
| > | d drag a square on the screen you would like to be zoomed into. When you are fi | ||||
| > | nished you may hold the super key again and use the wheel to scroll back to norm | ||||
| > | al size. | ||||
| 123 | |||||
| 124 | You can hold super and 'r' to zoom a window too, great for when I play starcraft | ||||
| > | in wine window mode. | ||||
| 125 | |||||
| 126 | |||||
| 127 | |||||
| 128 | |||||
| 129 | |||||
| 130 | Pleasant surprises | ||||
| 131 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 132 | |||||
| 133 | * VERY small computer. Very thin. Smaller then most personal routers. | ||||
| 134 | * Structure "feels" strong and expensive. The engineering is amazing. | ||||
| 135 | * 6 USB 2.0 ports. | ||||
| 136 | * Wifi or rj45 connections. | ||||
| 137 | * Memory card drive on front, MS/SD/MMC | ||||
| 138 | * Dual Core and hyper threading! (looks like 4 cores) | ||||
| 139 | * Hdmi OUT! (Audio and Video sent to the TV over one wire!) | ||||
| 140 | * The video card 3d graphics are amazing for a little unit. (Compiz Cube, lots o | ||||
| > | f eye candy turned on!) | ||||
| 141 | |||||
| 142 | |||||
| 143 | |||||
| 144 | Power Consumption | ||||
| 145 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 146 | |||||
| 147 | The nT330i is a green computer, don't feel guilty leaving it on! | ||||
| 148 | |||||
| 149 | I used the kilowatt meter to find the following energy consumptions: | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 151 | * IDLE approx 15watts | ||||
| 152 | * LOAD approx 30watts | ||||
| 153 | |||||
| 154 | |||||
| 155 | nT330i Hardware Drivers | ||||
| 156 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 157 | |||||
| 158 | If you are having trouble finding the official drivers for nT330i please refer | ||||
| > | to the `Foxconn Driver Page <http://www.foxconnsupport.com/download.aspx>`_. | ||||
| 159 | |||||
| 160 | Current status | ||||
| 161 | ================== | ||||
| 162 | |||||
| 163 | I get 1080p resolution out to the television but I'm having overscan trouble. | ||||
| > | Not sure if this is a TV issue or the computer. Some people have resolved this | ||||
| > | issue using a custom X11/xorg.conf mode and scan resolution. | ||||
| 164 | |||||
| 165 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | ||||
| 166 | |||||
| rev 13 | rev 14 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | .. contents:: | 3 | .. contents:: | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| t | 5 | t | |||
| 6 | .. image:: http://atoit.com/bilder/produkte/gross/FOXCONNnT330iNetBoxMiniPCRetai | ||||
| > | l12GBRAM160250GBHDD.jpg | ||||
| 7 | :height: 400px | ||||
| 8 | :align: right | ||||
| 9 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | 6 | ||||
| rev 12 | rev 13 | ||||
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| 3 | .. contents:: | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | .. image:: http://atoit.com/bilder/produkte/gross/FOXCONNnT330iNetBoxMiniPCRetai | ||||
| > | l12GBRAM160250GBHDD.jpg | ||||
| 7 | :height: 400px | ||||
| 8 | :align: right | ||||
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | The Project Goals | ||||
| 13 | --------------------- | ||||
| 14 | Build a very small footprint *(size and energy consumption)* media center comput | ||||
| > | er. | ||||
| 15 | |||||
| 16 | Computer must be attached to my large living room television. | ||||
| 17 | |||||
| 18 | This setup must enable the following: | ||||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | * Play Internet video *(youtube, hulu, ect.)* on the TV. | ||||
| 21 | * Stream media from other networked systems *(desktop, freeNAS server)*. | ||||
| 22 | * Emulate and play roms from NES, SNES, Sega, Gameboy, N64, PS1. | ||||
| 23 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | Materials | ||||
| 26 | ------------ | ||||
| 27 | |||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | ||||
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 30 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 31 | :align: right | ||||
| 32 | |||||
| 33 | * Small Phillips head | ||||
| 34 | * Small Flat head | ||||
| 35 | * nT330i `(Specs) <http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index. | ||||
| > | html>`_ | ||||
| 36 | * Memory DDR2 (2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 PC2 6400) | ||||
| 37 | * Laptop sata harddrive (80gb) | ||||
| 38 | * ubuntu iso | ||||
| 39 | * 2gb+ flash drive | ||||
| 40 | |||||
| 41 | |||||
| 42 | |||||
| 43 | Hardware Installation Guide | ||||
| 44 | ----------------------------- | ||||
| 45 | |||||
| 46 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | ||||
| 47 | |||||
| 48 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-1.jpg | ||||
| 49 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-2.jpg | ||||
| 50 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-3.jpg | ||||
| 51 | |||||
| 52 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | ||||
| 53 | |||||
| 54 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-4.jpg | ||||
| 55 | |||||
| 56 | #. Remove side cover. | ||||
| 57 | * This step was very difficult, I used a thin screw driver and slowly pried. | ||||
| > | I worked my way around the case. | ||||
| 58 | |||||
| 59 | |||||
| 60 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-5.jpg | ||||
| 61 | |||||
| 62 | #. Remove the 4 screws on the harddrive bracket. | ||||
| 63 | |||||
| 64 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-6.jpg | ||||
| 65 | |||||
| 66 | #. Place harddrive into bracket and screw in in with supplied screws. | ||||
| 67 | * The bracket has a peg on one of the corners and forces you to insert the d | ||||
| > | rive in that angle first. | ||||
| 68 | |||||
| 69 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-7.jpg | ||||
| 70 | |||||
| 71 | #. Place drive and bracket into place on the motherboard and slide its connectio | ||||
| > | n into the SATA header. | ||||
| 72 | |||||
| 73 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-8.jpg | ||||
| 74 | |||||
| 75 | #. Screw the bracket back into the chassis / motherboard. | ||||
| 76 | #. Install the ram. | ||||
| 77 | * Ram inserts on a slight angle, slide the contacts all the way in. Gingerl | ||||
| > | y press down on the stick to lock into place. | ||||
| 78 | |||||
| 79 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-9.jpg | ||||
| 80 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-10.jpg | ||||
| 81 | |||||
| 82 | #. Replace side of case. Replace 4 screws on external case. | ||||
| 83 | |||||
| 84 | |||||
| 85 | |||||
| 86 | |||||
| 87 | Software Installation Guide | ||||
| 88 | ---------------------------- | ||||
| 89 | |||||
| 90 | #. Create a bootable live ubuntu installation on the flash drive. | ||||
| 91 | #. `System -> Administration -> USB Startup Disk Creator <https://help.ubunt | ||||
| > | u.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick>`_ | ||||
| 92 | |||||
| 93 | #. Boot to flash drive and install ubuntu to local harddrive. | ||||
| 94 | |||||
| 95 | Miscellaneous Thoughts | ||||
| 96 | -------------------------- | ||||
| 97 | |||||
| 98 | This section documents some other things I encountered and thought about when co | ||||
| > | nfiguring the nT330i. | ||||
| 99 | |||||
| 100 | How to enable HD video | ||||
| 101 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | I had to manually install nvidia-185 driver from Synaptic. | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | **System > Administration > Synaptic** | ||||
| 106 | |||||
| 107 | Search for nvidia and install it and any dependent packages. | ||||
| 108 | |||||
| 109 | Once the driver is installed click: | ||||
| 110 | |||||
| 111 | **System > Administration > Hardware Drivers** | ||||
| 112 | |||||
| 113 | Run a scan and enable 3d support. | ||||
| 114 | |||||
| 115 | |||||
| 116 | |||||
| 117 | Trick for full screen flash, youtube, and hulu. | ||||
| 118 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 119 | |||||
| 120 | I found that the video quality was poor when I full screened hulu. I could almo | ||||
| > | st see the video scanning. | ||||
| 121 | |||||
| 122 | After wasting time with different flash versions I found an trick. Instead of u | ||||
| > | sing full screen I used compiz enhanced zoom. | ||||
| 123 | |||||
| 124 | The compiz enhanced zoom cleans the image up really well and gets rid of the sca | ||||
| > | nning / strobing. Give it a shot! | ||||
| 125 | |||||
| 126 | Hold down the super key and click down the middle mouse button (scroll wheel) an | ||||
| > | d drag a square on the screen you would like to be zoomed into. When you are fi | ||||
| > | nished you may hold the super key again and use the wheel to scroll back to norm | ||||
| > | al size. | ||||
| 127 | |||||
| 128 | You can hold super and 'r' to zoom a window too, great for when I play starcraft | ||||
| > | in wine window mode. | ||||
| 129 | |||||
| 130 | |||||
| 131 | |||||
| 132 | |||||
| 133 | |||||
| 134 | Pleasant surprises | ||||
| 135 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 136 | |||||
| 137 | * VERY small computer. Very thin. Smaller then most personal routers. | ||||
| 138 | * Structure "feels" strong and expensive. The engineering is amazing. | ||||
| 139 | * 6 USB 2.0 ports. | ||||
| 140 | * Wifi or rj45 connections. | ||||
| 141 | * Memory card drive on front, MS/SD/MMC | ||||
| 142 | * Dual Core and hyper threading! (looks like 4 cores) | ||||
| 143 | * Hdmi OUT! (Audio and Video sent to the TV over one wire!) | ||||
| 144 | * The video card 3d graphics are amazing for a little unit. (Compiz Cube, lots o | ||||
| > | f eye candy turned on!) | ||||
| 145 | |||||
| 146 | |||||
| 147 | |||||
| 148 | Power Consumption | ||||
| 149 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 151 | The nT330i is a green computer, don't feel guilty leaving it on! | ||||
| 152 | |||||
| 153 | I used the kilowatt meter to find the following energy consumptions: | ||||
| 154 | |||||
| 155 | * IDLE approx 15watts | ||||
| 156 | * LOAD approx 30watts | ||||
| 157 | |||||
| 158 | |||||
| 159 | nT330i Hardware Drivers | ||||
| 160 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 161 | |||||
| 162 | If you are having trouble finding the official drivers for nT330i please refer | ||||
| > | to the `Foxconn Driver Page <http://www.foxconnsupport.com/download.aspx>`_. | ||||
| 163 | |||||
| 164 | Current status | ||||
| 165 | ================== | ||||
| 166 | |||||
| 167 | I get 1080p resolution out to the television but I'm having overscan trouble. | ||||
| > | Not sure if this is a TV issue or the computer. Some people have resolved this | ||||
| > | issue using a custom X11/xorg.conf mode and scan resolution. | ||||
| 168 | |||||
| 169 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | ||||
| 170 | |||||
| rev 10 | rev 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| > | ], http://pandtvkbcyos.com/ | > | ], http://xnqvtwwtxrqo.com/ | ||
| rev 8 | rev 9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | Setup and review of the Foxconn NetBox-nT330i | t | 1 | Um7r2Q <a href="http://ucxvkvpawimb.com/">ucxvkvpawimb</a>, [url=http://ylvyfua |
| > | qdbbq.com/]ylvyfuaqdbbq[/url], [link=http://bfccwwjrnzwy.com/]bfccwwjrnzwy[/link | ||||
| > | ], http://pandtvkbcyos.com/ | ||||
| 2 | ================================================= | ||||
| 3 | .. contents:: | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | .. image:: http://atoit.com/bilder/produkte/gross/FOXCONNnT330iNetBoxMiniPCRetai | ||||
| > | l12GBRAM160250GBHDD.jpg | ||||
| 7 | :height: 400px | ||||
| 8 | :align: right | ||||
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | The Project Goals | ||||
| 13 | --------------------- | ||||
| 14 | Build a very small footprint *(size and energy consumption)* media center comput | ||||
| > | er. | ||||
| 15 | |||||
| 16 | Computer must be attached to my large living room television. | ||||
| 17 | |||||
| 18 | This setup must enable the following: | ||||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | * Play Internet video *(youtube, hulu, ect.)* on the TV. | ||||
| 21 | * Stream media from other networked systems *(desktop, freeNAS server)*. | ||||
| 22 | * Emulate and play roms from NES, SNES, Sega, Gameboy, N64, PS1. | ||||
| 23 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | Materials | ||||
| 26 | ------------ | ||||
| 27 | |||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | ||||
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 30 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 31 | :align: right | ||||
| 32 | |||||
| 33 | * Small Phillips head | ||||
| 34 | * Small Flat head | ||||
| 35 | * nT330i `(Specs) <http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index. | ||||
| > | html>`_ | ||||
| 36 | * Memory DDR2 (2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 PC2 6400) | ||||
| 37 | * Laptop sata harddrive (80gb) | ||||
| 38 | * ubuntu iso | ||||
| 39 | * 2gb+ flash drive | ||||
| 40 | |||||
| 41 | |||||
| 42 | |||||
| 43 | Hardware Installation Guide | ||||
| 44 | ----------------------------- | ||||
| 45 | |||||
| 46 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | ||||
| 47 | |||||
| 48 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-1.jpg | ||||
| 49 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-2.jpg | ||||
| 50 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-3.jpg | ||||
| 51 | |||||
| 52 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | ||||
| 53 | |||||
| 54 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-4.jpg | ||||
| 55 | |||||
| 56 | #. Remove side cover. | ||||
| 57 | * This step was very difficult, I used a thin screw driver and slowly pried. | ||||
| > | I worked my way around the case. | ||||
| 58 | |||||
| 59 | |||||
| 60 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-5.jpg | ||||
| 61 | |||||
| 62 | #. Remove the 4 screws on the harddrive bracket. | ||||
| 63 | |||||
| 64 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-6.jpg | ||||
| 65 | |||||
| 66 | #. Place harddrive into bracket and screw in in with supplied screws. | ||||
| 67 | * The bracket has a peg on one of the corners and forces you to insert the d | ||||
| > | rive in that angle first. | ||||
| 68 | |||||
| 69 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-7.jpg | ||||
| 70 | |||||
| 71 | #. Place drive and bracket into place on the motherboard and slide its connectio | ||||
| > | n into the SATA header. | ||||
| 72 | |||||
| 73 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-8.jpg | ||||
| 74 | |||||
| 75 | #. Screw the bracket back into the chassis / motherboard. | ||||
| 76 | #. Install the ram. | ||||
| 77 | * Ram inserts on a slight angle, slide the contacts all the way in. Gingerl | ||||
| > | y press down on the stick to lock into place. | ||||
| 78 | |||||
| 79 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-9.jpg | ||||
| 80 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-10.jpg | ||||
| 81 | |||||
| 82 | #. Replace side of case. Replace 4 screws on external case. | ||||
| 83 | |||||
| 84 | |||||
| 85 | |||||
| 86 | |||||
| 87 | Software Installation Guide | ||||
| 88 | ---------------------------- | ||||
| 89 | |||||
| 90 | #. Create a bootable live ubuntu installation on the flash drive. | ||||
| 91 | #. `System -> Administration -> USB Startup Disk Creator <https://help.ubunt | ||||
| > | u.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick>`_ | ||||
| 92 | |||||
| 93 | #. Boot to flash drive and install ubuntu to local harddrive. | ||||
| 94 | |||||
| 95 | Miscellaneous Thoughts | ||||
| 96 | -------------------------- | ||||
| 97 | |||||
| 98 | This section documents some other things I encountered and thought about when co | ||||
| > | nfiguring the nT330i. | ||||
| 99 | |||||
| 100 | How to enable HD video | ||||
| 101 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | I had to manually install nvidia-185 driver from Synaptic. | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | **System > Administration > Synaptic** | ||||
| 106 | |||||
| 107 | Search for nvidia and install it and any dependent packages. | ||||
| 108 | |||||
| 109 | Once the driver is installed click: | ||||
| 110 | |||||
| 111 | **System > Administration > Hardware Drivers** | ||||
| 112 | |||||
| 113 | Run a scan and enable 3d support. | ||||
| 114 | |||||
| 115 | |||||
| 116 | |||||
| 117 | Trick for full screen flash, youtube, and hulu. | ||||
| 118 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 119 | |||||
| 120 | I found that the video quality was poor when I full screened hulu. I could almo | ||||
| > | st see the video scanning. | ||||
| 121 | |||||
| 122 | After wasting time with different flash versions I found an trick. Instead of u | ||||
| > | sing full screen I used compiz enhanced zoom. | ||||
| 123 | |||||
| 124 | The compiz enhanced zoom cleans the image up really well and gets rid of the sca | ||||
| > | nning / strobing. Give it a shot! | ||||
| 125 | |||||
| 126 | Hold down the super key and click down the middle mouse button (scroll wheel) an | ||||
| > | d drag a square on the screen you would like to be zoomed into. When you are fi | ||||
| > | nished you may hold the super key again and use the wheel to scroll back to norm | ||||
| > | al size. | ||||
| 127 | |||||
| 128 | You can hold super and 'r' to zoom a window too, great for when I play starcraft | ||||
| > | in wine window mode. | ||||
| 129 | |||||
| 130 | |||||
| 131 | |||||
| 132 | |||||
| 133 | |||||
| 134 | Pleasant surprises | ||||
| 135 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 136 | |||||
| 137 | * VERY small computer. Very thin. Smaller then most personal routers. | ||||
| 138 | * Structure "feels" strong and expensive. The engineering is amazing. | ||||
| 139 | * 6 USB 2.0 ports. | ||||
| 140 | * Wifi or rj45 connections. | ||||
| 141 | * Memory card drive on front, MS/SD/MMC | ||||
| 142 | * Dual Core and hyper threading! (looks like 4 cores) | ||||
| 143 | * Hdmi OUT! (Audio and Video sent to the TV over one wire!) | ||||
| 144 | * The video card 3d graphics are amazing for a little unit. (Compiz Cube, lots o | ||||
| > | f eye candy turned on!) | ||||
| 145 | |||||
| 146 | |||||
| 147 | |||||
| 148 | Power Consumption | ||||
| 149 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 151 | The nT330i is a green computer, don't feel guilty leaving it on! | ||||
| 152 | |||||
| 153 | I used the kilowatt meter to find the following energy consumptions: | ||||
| 154 | |||||
| 155 | * IDLE approx 15watts | ||||
| 156 | * LOAD approx 30watts | ||||
| 157 | |||||
| 158 | |||||
| 159 | nT330i Hardware Drivers | ||||
| 160 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 161 | |||||
| 162 | If you are having trouble finding the official drivers for nT330i please refer | ||||
| > | to the `Foxconn Driver Page <http://www.foxconnsupport.com/download.aspx>`_. | ||||
| 163 | |||||
| 164 | Current status | ||||
| 165 | ================== | ||||
| 166 | |||||
| 167 | I get 1080p resolution out to the television but I'm having overscan trouble. | ||||
| > | Not sure if this is a TV issue or the computer. Some people have resolved this | ||||
| > | issue using a custom X11/xorg.conf mode and scan resolution. | ||||
| 168 | |||||
| 169 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | ||||
| 170 | |||||
| rev 7 | rev 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | 46 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | ||
| 47 | 47 | ||||
| n | 48 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-1.jpg | n | 48 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-1.jpg |
| 49 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-2.jpg | ||||
| 50 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-3.jpg | ||||
| 49 | 51 | ||||
| 50 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | 52 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | ||
| n | n | 53 | |||
| 54 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-4.jpg | ||||
| 55 | |||||
| 51 | #. Remove side cover. | 56 | #. Remove side cover. | ||
| 52 | * This step was very difficult, I used a thin screw driver and slowly pried. | 57 | * This step was very difficult, I used a thin screw driver and slowly pried. | ||
| > | I worked my way around the case. | > | I worked my way around the case. | ||
| 53 | 58 | ||||
| n | n | 59 | |||
| 60 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-5.jpg | ||||
| 61 | |||||
| 54 | #. Remove the 4 screws on the harddrive bracket. | 62 | #. Remove the 4 screws on the harddrive bracket. | ||
| n | n | 63 | |||
| 64 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-6.jpg | ||||
| 65 | |||||
| 55 | #. Place harddrive into bracket and screw in in with supplied screws. | 66 | #. Place harddrive into bracket and screw in in with supplied screws. | ||
| 56 | * The bracket has a peg on one of the corners and forces you to insert the d | 67 | * The bracket has a peg on one of the corners and forces you to insert the d | ||
| > | rive in that angle first. | > | rive in that angle first. | ||
| 57 | 68 | ||||
| n | n | 69 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-7.jpg | ||
| 70 | |||||
| 58 | #. Place drive and bracket into place on the motherboard and slide its connectio | 71 | #. Place drive and bracket into place on the motherboard and slide its connectio | ||
| > | n into the SATA header. | > | n into the SATA header. | ||
| n | n | 72 | |||
| 73 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-8.jpg | ||||
| 74 | |||||
| 59 | #. Screw the bracket back into the chassis / motherboard. | 75 | #. Screw the bracket back into the chassis / motherboard. | ||
| 60 | #. Install the ram. | 76 | #. Install the ram. | ||
| 61 | * Ram inserts on a slight angle, slide the contacts all the way in. Gingerl | 77 | * Ram inserts on a slight angle, slide the contacts all the way in. Gingerl | ||
| > | y press down on the stick to lock into place. | > | y press down on the stick to lock into place. | ||
| t | t | 78 | |||
| 79 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-9.jpg | ||||
| 80 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-10.jpg | ||||
| 62 | 81 | ||||
| 63 | #. Replace side of case. Replace 4 screws on external case. | 82 | #. Replace side of case. Replace 4 screws on external case. | ||
| rev 6 | rev 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | ------------ | 26 | ------------ | ||
| 27 | 27 | ||||
| n | n | 28 | |||
| 29 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | ||||
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 30 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 31 | :align: right | ||||
| 32 | |||||
| 28 | * Small Phillips head | 33 | * Small Phillips head | ||
| 29 | * Small Flat head | 34 | * Small Flat head | ||
| 39 | ----------------------------- | 44 | ----------------------------- | ||
| 40 | 45 | ||||
| n | 41 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | n | 46 | #. Remove hardware from the box. |
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 42 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 43 | :align: right | ||||
| 44 | 47 | ||||
| t | 45 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | t | 48 | .. image:: /attachment/nt330i-1.jpg |
| 49 | |||||
| 46 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | 50 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | ||
| 47 | #. Remove side cover. | 51 | #. Remove side cover. | ||
| rev 5 | rev 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | 146 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | > | the video most of the time anyways | ||
| 147 | 147 | ||||
| t | 148 | Questions | t | ||
| 149 | ============ | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 151 | * Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuration? Could you install to a | ||||
| > | large SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silent solid state hard drive ?! Or you | ||||
| > | could install an operating system from the sd card? Is there an option for boot | ||||
| > | ing from SD cards in the boot section of the Bios? | ||||
| 152 | |||||
| 153 | * That is a good question. I will have to test and see. I do have a few memo | ||||
| > | ry cards laying around, wouldn't hurt to give it a try. Check out my `freeNAS-m | ||||
| > | si-wind </freeNAS-msi-wind>`_ article. I used the memory card for the operating | ||||
| > | system! By the way I'm planning on adding page and user comments to pylowiki ev | ||||
| > | entully. | ||||
| 154 | |||||
| rev 4 | rev 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | ============ | 149 | ============ | ||
| 150 | 150 | ||||
| n | 151 | * Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuration? Could you install to a | n | 151 | * Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuration? Could you install to a |
| > | large SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silent solid state hard drive ?! Or you | > | large SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silent solid state hard drive ?! Or you | ||
| > | could install an operating system from the sd card? Is there an option for boot | > | could install an operating system from the sd card? Is there an option for boot | ||
| > | ing from SD cards in the boot section of the Bios? | > | ing from SD cards in the boot section of the Bios? | ||
| 152 | 152 | ||||
| t | 153 | * That is a good question. I will have to test and see. I do have a few memo | t | 153 | * That is a good question. I will have to test and see. I do have a few memo |
| > | ry cards laying around, wouldn't hurt to give it a try. Check out my `freeNAS-m | > | ry cards laying around, wouldn't hurt to give it a try. Check out my `freeNAS-m | ||
| > | si-wind </freeNAS-msi-wind>`_ article. I used the memory card for the operating | > | si-wind </freeNAS-msi-wind>`_ article. I used the memory card for the operating | ||
| > | system! | > | system! By the way I'm planning on adding page and user comments to pylowiki ev | ||
| > | entully. | ||||
| 154 | 154 | ||||
| rev 3 | rev 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | 146 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | > | the video most of the time anyways | ||
| 147 | 147 | ||||
| t | 148 | EDIT: | t | 148 | Questions |
| 149 | ============ | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 149 | Quick Question/Idea for you: Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuation | 151 | * Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuration? Could you install to a | ||
| > | ? that way you could install to a large SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silen | > | large SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silent solid state hard drive ?! Or you | ||
| > | t solid state hard drive ! Or you could install an operating system from the sd | > | could install an operating system from the sd card? Is there an option for boot | ||
| > | card? Is there an option for booting from SD cards in the boot section of the Bi | > | ing from SD cards in the boot section of the Bios? | ||
| > | os? | ||||
| 152 | |||||
| 153 | * That is a good question. I will have to test and see. I do have a few memo | ||||
| > | ry cards laying around, wouldn't hurt to give it a try. Check out my `freeNAS-m | ||||
| > | si-wind </freeNAS-msi-wind>`_ article. I used the memory card for the operating | ||||
| > | system! | ||||
| 154 | |||||
| rev 2 | rev 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 147 | ||||
| 148 | EDIT: | 148 | EDIT: | ||
| t | 149 | Quick Question/Idea for you: Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuation | t | 149 | Quick Question/Idea for you: Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuation |
| > | ? that way you could install to a larde SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silen | > | ? that way you could install to a large SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silen | ||
| > | t solid state hard drive ! Or you could install an operating system from the sd | > | t solid state hard drive ! Or you could install an operating system from the sd | ||
| > | card? Is there an option for SD cards in the boot section of the Bios? | > | card? Is there an option for booting from SD cards in the boot section of the Bi | ||
| > | os? | ||||
| rev 1 | rev 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | 145 | ||||
| 146 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | 146 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | > | the video most of the time anyways | ||
| t | t | 147 | |||
| 148 | EDIT: | ||||
| 149 | Quick Question/Idea for you: Is the SD reader an option in the boot configuation | ||||
| > | ? that way you could install to a larde SDHC card and have a small, cheap, silen | ||||
| > | t solid state hard drive ! Or you could install an operating system from the sd | ||||
| > | card? Is there an option for SD cards in the boot section of the Bios? | ||||
| empty | rev 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | t | 1 | Setup and review of the Foxconn NetBox-nT330i | ||
| 2 | ================================================= | ||||
| 3 | .. contents:: | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | .. image:: http://atoit.com/bilder/produkte/gross/FOXCONNnT330iNetBoxMiniPCRetai | ||||
| > | l12GBRAM160250GBHDD.jpg | ||||
| 7 | :height: 400px | ||||
| 8 | :align: right | ||||
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 | The Project Goals | ||||
| 13 | --------------------- | ||||
| 14 | Build a very small footprint *(size and energy consumption)* media center comput | ||||
| > | er. | ||||
| 15 | |||||
| 16 | Computer must be attached to my large living room television. | ||||
| 17 | |||||
| 18 | This setup must enable the following: | ||||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | * Play Internet video *(youtube, hulu, ect.)* on the TV. | ||||
| 21 | * Stream media from other networked systems *(desktop, freeNAS server)*. | ||||
| 22 | * Emulate and play roms from NES, SNES, Sega, Gameboy, N64, PS1. | ||||
| 23 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | Materials | ||||
| 26 | ------------ | ||||
| 27 | |||||
| 28 | * Small Phillips head | ||||
| 29 | * Small Flat head | ||||
| 30 | * nT330i `(Specs) <http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index. | ||||
| > | html>`_ | ||||
| 31 | * Memory DDR2 (2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 800 PC2 6400) | ||||
| 32 | * Laptop sata harddrive (80gb) | ||||
| 33 | * ubuntu iso | ||||
| 34 | * 2gb+ flash drive | ||||
| 35 | |||||
| 36 | |||||
| 37 | |||||
| 38 | Hardware Installation Guide | ||||
| 39 | ----------------------------- | ||||
| 40 | |||||
| 41 | .. image:: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/images/330i-An | ||||
| > | tenna.jpg | ||||
| 42 | :height: 200px | ||||
| 43 | :align: right | ||||
| 44 | |||||
| 45 | #. Remove hardware from the box. | ||||
| 46 | #. Remove 4 screws from the computers chassis. | ||||
| 47 | #. Remove side cover. | ||||
| 48 | * This step was very difficult, I used a thin screw driver and slowly pried. | ||||
| > | I worked my way around the case. | ||||
| 49 | |||||
| 50 | #. Remove the 4 screws on the harddrive bracket. | ||||
| 51 | #. Place harddrive into bracket and screw in in with supplied screws. | ||||
| 52 | * The bracket has a peg on one of the corners and forces you to insert the d | ||||
| > | rive in that angle first. | ||||
| 53 | |||||
| 54 | #. Place drive and bracket into place on the motherboard and slide its connectio | ||||
| > | n into the SATA header. | ||||
| 55 | #. Screw the bracket back into the chassis / motherboard. | ||||
| 56 | #. Install the ram. | ||||
| 57 | * Ram inserts on a slight angle, slide the contacts all the way in. Gingerl | ||||
| > | y press down on the stick to lock into place. | ||||
| 58 | |||||
| 59 | #. Replace side of case. Replace 4 screws on external case. | ||||
| 60 | |||||
| 61 | |||||
| 62 | |||||
| 63 | |||||
| 64 | Software Installation Guide | ||||
| 65 | ---------------------------- | ||||
| 66 | |||||
| 67 | #. Create a bootable live ubuntu installation on the flash drive. | ||||
| 68 | #. `System -> Administration -> USB Startup Disk Creator <https://help.ubunt | ||||
| > | u.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick>`_ | ||||
| 69 | |||||
| 70 | #. Boot to flash drive and install ubuntu to local harddrive. | ||||
| 71 | |||||
| 72 | Miscellaneous Thoughts | ||||
| 73 | -------------------------- | ||||
| 74 | |||||
| 75 | This section documents some other things I encountered and thought about when co | ||||
| > | nfiguring the nT330i. | ||||
| 76 | |||||
| 77 | How to enable HD video | ||||
| 78 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 79 | |||||
| 80 | I had to manually install nvidia-185 driver from Synaptic. | ||||
| 81 | |||||
| 82 | **System > Administration > Synaptic** | ||||
| 83 | |||||
| 84 | Search for nvidia and install it and any dependent packages. | ||||
| 85 | |||||
| 86 | Once the driver is installed click: | ||||
| 87 | |||||
| 88 | **System > Administration > Hardware Drivers** | ||||
| 89 | |||||
| 90 | Run a scan and enable 3d support. | ||||
| 91 | |||||
| 92 | |||||
| 93 | |||||
| 94 | Trick for full screen flash, youtube, and hulu. | ||||
| 95 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 96 | |||||
| 97 | I found that the video quality was poor when I full screened hulu. I could almo | ||||
| > | st see the video scanning. | ||||
| 98 | |||||
| 99 | After wasting time with different flash versions I found an trick. Instead of u | ||||
| > | sing full screen I used compiz enhanced zoom. | ||||
| 100 | |||||
| 101 | The compiz enhanced zoom cleans the image up really well and gets rid of the sca | ||||
| > | nning / strobing. Give it a shot! | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | Hold down the super key and click down the middle mouse button (scroll wheel) an | ||||
| > | d drag a square on the screen you would like to be zoomed into. When you are fi | ||||
| > | nished you may hold the super key again and use the wheel to scroll back to norm | ||||
| > | al size. | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | You can hold super and 'r' to zoom a window too, great for when I play starcraft | ||||
| > | in wine window mode. | ||||
| 106 | |||||
| 107 | |||||
| 108 | |||||
| 109 | |||||
| 110 | |||||
| 111 | Pleasant surprises | ||||
| 112 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 113 | |||||
| 114 | * VERY small computer. Very thin. Smaller then most personal routers. | ||||
| 115 | * Structure "feels" strong and expensive. The engineering is amazing. | ||||
| 116 | * 6 USB 2.0 ports. | ||||
| 117 | * Wifi or rj45 connections. | ||||
| 118 | * Memory card drive on front, MS/SD/MMC | ||||
| 119 | * Dual Core and hyper threading! (looks like 4 cores) | ||||
| 120 | * Hdmi OUT! (Audio and Video sent to the TV over one wire!) | ||||
| 121 | * The video card 3d graphics are amazing for a little unit. (Compiz Cube, lots o | ||||
| > | f eye candy turned on!) | ||||
| 122 | |||||
| 123 | |||||
| 124 | |||||
| 125 | Power Consumption | ||||
| 126 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 127 | |||||
| 128 | The nT330i is a green computer, don't feel guilty leaving it on! | ||||
| 129 | |||||
| 130 | I used the kilowatt meter to find the following energy consumptions: | ||||
| 131 | |||||
| 132 | * IDLE approx 15watts | ||||
| 133 | * LOAD approx 30watts | ||||
| 134 | |||||
| 135 | |||||
| 136 | nT330i Hardware Drivers | ||||
| 137 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||
| 138 | |||||
| 139 | If you are having trouble finding the official drivers for nT330i please refer | ||||
| > | to the `Foxconn Driver Page <http://www.foxconnsupport.com/download.aspx>`_. | ||||
| 140 | |||||
| 141 | Current status | ||||
| 142 | ================== | ||||
| 143 | |||||
| 144 | I get 1080p resolution out to the television but I'm having overscan trouble. | ||||
| > | Not sure if this is a TV issue or the computer. Some people have resolved this | ||||
| > | issue using a custom X11/xorg.conf mode and scan resolution. | ||||
| 145 | |||||
| 146 | I'll write more if I figure it out. Either way I'm happy because I full screen | ||||
| > | the video most of the time anyways | ||||
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