Bit cruel to be honest, and in all fairness it does say this "Harddrive 320G" at the very bottom, so an honest mistake.

will it run crysis 3

Are you on commission or something?

...or maybe that's how you read it? they do make a point. if im buying something i want to know exactly what i'm getting, i wouldn't be overjoyed if i bought this and the hard drive was the wrong spec

Ok - got my OpenWRT setup with PXE boot to an Ubuntu live CD, and manually installed LibreElec on the device, which it runs like a champ. So if you can handle the fun and games of setting up PXE it's an ideal device for a media centre

thanks for that - Got ubuntu booting of PXE, then used that to install LibreELEC and it's running like a champ (actually enjoyed setting all of this up, wierd eh!)

I'm planning to do the same to get Ubuntu on it over PXE - just makes the project more interesting

I managed to boot mine up over PXE and can install windows to the hard drive. But haven't found a tool that will remove the password yet. None seem to clear that section of the BIOS. Half tempted to remove the eprom and dump it in my programmer.

Mine is all packed up ready for return tomorrow as well...... The guy is still trying to sell them on ebay, is he asking for trouble.....

Just received an email from the seller saying "not good news spoken to bazeport they are not willing to give us the password as they were specific B2b private branded product specific to baze so please return the item for a full refund sorry for the inconvenience".

I'm just installing windows over PXE, I'll see if I can get find a way to get the bios password, don't have much hope but I will try.

Ok mine is here, having a play around...

Going to try PXE boot it off the LAN and try and use a BIOS password recovery tool.

Hopefully mine will be here today, will have a play. I have a few eeprom programmers here. I might see if the password is stored in the flash un encrypted.

Anybody had any luck yet?

As well as the screw that is visible there are 2 more, one under the small circular warranty sticker and the other under the barcode/serial sticker.

Hopefully mine will be here soon, I'll have a look how it comes apart.
I will have a good tinker when it arrives to see how to get around this password issue.

The pinhole reset button does seem to reset the CMOS clock which the BIOS detects on the next boot ("invalid date/time") but then still needs a password to get into settings.

BTW, how does the case come off? I removed the one screw but the trim seems quite firmly in place. Is it worth removing the battery overnight?

Oh well,looks like this will be going back to the seller for a refund if I cant install windows on it....

Same problem with mine - Bios password, and won't boot off USB. Sent a message to the seller, but otherwise it's pretty useless

Wonder if this works?
https://bios-pw.org/

Mine isn't here yet so I can't check :disappointed:, I spotted some cheap ipad mini cases from the same seller so gone for them as well, I guess it will all be coming as one parcel.

There might be a button on the outside for cmos reset. Maybe through a pin hole.

Try the cmos reset jumper.

I've contacted the seller. There's someone else with the same problem and seller is contacting supplier to see if they can provide a password.

I won't open the case just yet but presume it's a jumper reset or battery removal to reset the CMOS.

Was interested in one of these for a mini NAS project - just need something that's DLNA and a 500GB disk is big enough for my requirements.
Think it's worth it? Recommendations for s/w if it is?
Cheers

Thx for the reply. Tried all of the usual suspects. Think it's a Phoenix.

Splash screen is a custom Bazeport thing which says press F2 for system utilities but it's password protected.

Was hoping not to have to open the case.

Try spamming the usual keys. Del, F10/F11/F12 etc. Also Esc might show something. Does it say what BIOS company it is?

Failing that open it and clear CMOS.

Ordered one and it arrived this morning. Going to have a play with daphile.

Anyone know how to get into the BIOS? Default boot says no bootable device which is fair enough - the disk was probably wiped but unable to get into the BIOS to boot from USB.

Big BIG question.

Will this run Sky Go at a decent HD framerate?
As I have found that Sky will not let me have the app on 2 rooted Fire tablets, or even an android box in the kids room, via HDMI, I now have to go down a mini PC route for the kids room (no more Cartoon Network hogging my TV).
Foolishly I paid for Sky Go extra for this such predicament. But now I find that Sky will let you have that app ..... and pay more for it .... but only on devices it considers appropriate.

Unbelievably, BT Sport app works fine on the android box (so I stay out of the wife's Coronation Street) and also on the Fire tablets.

I highly doubt that!, XP was long gone when this CPU came out lol.

​its old tech, designed at the time win XP was around.

this was for running win xp, check manufacturer spec. get something better for the money.

​4k tho on ultra settings

will it run crysis 3

I wonder if this would run on it
http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc

does this support android

if this had an additional NIC I would have considered picking this up as a pfsense box. does any know if this atom can playback 1080p x264? would be quite useful to know for people who are considering picking it up as kodi/openelec box

Daphile won't run on a Pi, this is more than powerful enough for that use and it will work perfectly fine with my high end hifi and dac.

In the bedroom I have a Pi Zero with a PhatDac on it. Not bad at all for the cost I must say.

I spent considerably more than that on a meal for the Mrs and I on Wednesday night - no warranty with that either.

I don't think anyone will be getting you to part with any money at all anytime soon with those expectations, so yeah, maybe us 'fools' have it all wrong.

Bulletproof? There is no warranty on it.

Manufacturer warranty: None

Like they say, a fool and his money are soon parted. :stuck_out_tongue:

That's not my take on it at all. His exact words were "says 320gb hard drive in description on ebay" which I took to mean that he thought, incorrectly mind, that the OP's spec of 500GB was incorrect. Yeah, he was unlucky at only reading the last bit of the listing, but saying he is worthless was a cruel read to me.

Not at all, but it would seem you could do with an additional source of income if a £50 'PC' is useless to you without a bulletproof warranty.

Anyway, I'm moving on, the penny pinching mentality in this thread is making my teeth itch.

out with dinosaurs!?

The only use I see for this POS is as a door stop :stuck_out_tongue:
If you want a high quality music streamer use a Pi Zero W with a £12 dac and moode audio software - cost £25
4k TV get an android box for £25 and flash it with this https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread-2156.html
pfsense, that went out with dinosaurs - linux, a vpn and tor browser for getting into the dark web - free
Total cost, less than this pos and enough left over for an irish car bomb :wink:
Enjoy :man:

Are you on commission or something?

yes,
I think this is what you are actually looking for

it's normal to consider a purchase before committing, any sane person will do this. i've now decided that in this hypothetical world where this device has an additional nic i would absolutely buy this. are you happy now?

i'm not really following the point you're trying to make if there is any at all.

It's £54, so...

An Atom D2550 is quite an antique. OK, this thing is cheap, but there are better alternatives which are more power efficient even if you must have an Intel CPU inside.

You definitely only said you'd consider it mate, there you go ^

I think for you to DEFINITELY buy it would have to have at least an i5, the drive would have to be SSD, and maybe sub £40 :smiley:

useful information :smiley: thanks

It would be no use to me for a pfsense box with one network port, so yes, if it had dual nic i would absolutely buy this for my homelab. it has nothing to do with my outlook on life lol.

It does but you can use the nVidia GPU to assist you as there's one there. You'll need specialist software though so this really isn't the best box if you want to use it for media playback.

:smile: will this run runescape

...or maybe that's how you read it? they do make a point. if im buying something i want to know exactly what i'm getting, i wouldn't be overjoyed if i bought this and the hard drive was the wrong spec

Bit cruel to be honest, and in all fairness it does say this "Harddrive 320G" at the very bottom, so an honest mistake.

maybe, it was my understanding that the cpu does most of the heavy lifting during video playback

Great find btw OP, heat added.

Don't even understand half of the comments on here :confused:

Think it's time to get googling to see what i'm missing out on :stuck_out_tongue:

CPU is quite old right but this is so cheap for what you are getting......I am thinking OpenElec or LibreElec could be a great little box .....I bought one of the Dell Inspiron 3050 or would get one for a play

MMMMmmm time to upgrade from my android box..

says 320gb hard drive in description on ebay

So I take it this is preconfigured for whatever this bazeport iptv software is?

Is it easy to install over?

Just found this:

I think this is the OEM (Or another company re-branding them) and it can take 4GB of Ram.

http://www.greatzc.net/index.php?_m=mod_product&_a=view&p_id=255

Cheers, thanks for that I wondered what the layout was like inside. Looks like there is another Mini PCIe there, it might take an SSD in that.

Tempted to get this instead of a Raspberry Pi and stick Debian on it.

Any idea if you can upgrade the memory?