<div dir="ltr">False starts:<div><ul><li>Order <span class="">NUC</span>, 8GB memory from Amazon<br></li><li>Insert Memory, hard disk, get no Power On Self Test Bios display<br></li><li>Memory I purchased not on Intel's list<br>
</li><li>Order memory from list<br></li><li>Still no Bios display<br></li><li>Get a <span class="">NUC</span> replacement from Amazon<br></li><li>Replacement displays same symptoms<br></li><li>Download bios upgrade <span class="">onto</span> <span class="">USB</span> stick remove motherboard jumper), turn on power<br>
</li><li><span class="">Wahoo</span>! (<span class="">hdmi</span> handshake timing mentioned in the internet chatter)<br></li><li>Install FC20<br></li><li>Use <span class="">ansible</span> to install <span class="">XSCE</span> release5.0 -- got down to last step (<span class="">monit</span>) without the external <span class="">USB</span> <span class="">ethernet</span> dongle.</li>
<li>Stopped the install, and reconfigured networking. </li><li>Now struggling with utf8 communication between <span class="">ansible</span> and bash scripts returning "facts" (why the changing of networking should cause install to die at facts, is not yet clear to me)</li>
</ul><div>I'm putting in a <span class="">USB</span> <span class="">ethernet</span> dongle for setup, and figuring that we might replace the dongle with a <span class="">USB</span> 3G modem in Haiti.</div></div><div><br>
</div><div>I'm hoping to bridge the motherboard <span class="">ethernet</span> and the <span class="">wifi</span> (which I have not yet seen work).</div><div><br></div><div>The good news it that It's really fast and seems to draw 6 watts, peaking at 10(on watts-up-pro). The <span class="">NUC</span> + 8GB memory was $220.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The <span class="">MSI</span> was a little disappointing. I was not able to get a bios display there either.</div></div>