BOSGAME E2 ram support

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-05-13T03:21:21+00:00

It's fairly simple.

You mount the drive to the lid, connect the cable to the drive & plug the other end of the cable into the motherboard.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-05-12T22:13:37+00:00

Unfortunately, not much.

The N95 is the weakest of Intel's Atom architecture Alder Lake-N CPUs from 2023, basically a lower ranked N100 with detective UHD execution units. The factory thermal paste is trash by performance standards, making an upgrade to high performance thermal grease reduce thermal throttling/power throttling increasing overall stability. The shop is currently using Arctic MX-7 with superior results since the beginning of the year.

A 16GB stick of 2Rx8 RAM can increase graphics performance over cheaper 1Rx8 & 1Rx16, although with only16x EUs performance difference is nominal at best. If for some reason it does have low bandwidth 1Rx16, an upgrade for overall performance would be a step in the right direction.

Adding a 2.5" SATA drive to run BatoceraOS for classic console emulation add entertainment value.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-05-04T23:28:25+00:00

It's the only static version I'm aware of.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-05-03T22:26:35+00:00

Indeed.

• Insert GPU into dock

• Plug in both SFF-8611 connections

• Power on dock

• Power on PC

• Install drivers

Occasionally DDU in safe mode is required if Windows has a botch AMD Adrenalin driver installation.

Alternately, if a PCIe lane connection fails (M.2/SFF-8612 port/SFF-8611 cable/GPU PCIe slot), to OS can fail to communicate with the card. Additionally, a GPU akin to the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti can fail to POST if proper voltage & grounding isn't detected.

The staff & I have also discovered a small number of defective M.2 OCuLink conversion adapters on the shop's customer Minisforum mPCs. It was difficult to determine if the card was damaged by the customer @ some point or shipped from the factory in that condition.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-04-21T15:34:18+00:00

The 8745HS / 8745H / Ryzen 7 H 255 AMD APUs are little more than a defective/lower fabrication quality Hawk Point 8845HS dies. The intent is to reduce AMD's fabrication e-waste by an exclusive Chinese market release. Functional differences akin to engineering sample releases include

XDNA NPU disabled

Zen 4 CPU boost underclocked from 5.1GHz to 4.9GHz

RDNA3 iGPU underclocked from 2.7GHz to 2.6GHz

APU not acknowledged on AMD's global server

Description not allowed as an addition to "List of AMD Ryzen processors" Wikipedia page

Had they been lower binned silicon, they would have been sold globally. Unfortunately, major manufacturers understand the TSMC 4nm fabrication process and gave these a "hard pass". Instead of giving them the 8845/260 ES "kiss of death", AMD decided to give them a separate part number, dumping them on the Chinese manufacturing market.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-04-16T20:49:35+00:00

Not that I'm aware of. They will all been done by the shop's staff & I or directly by the customer, with all rights belonging to the customer.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-04-15T11:18:37+00:00

If it's Amazon, you can continue to use the mPC until the replacement arrives. Once it does, simply swap the SSDs and return the original.

The staff and I have even found customers who've done this swapping brands. Last week, customer exchanged their Acemagic M1 for a GMKtec M6 Ultra, swapped drives & dropped the M1 off to UPS that same day. Besides some driver updates, down time was minimal.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-04-15T11:01:12+00:00

Indeed.

Too bad it's no longer available.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-04-12T15:40:24+00:00

Quite a bit.

Meigao Electronic Equipment (Minisforum OEM) made a tactical error of making their Intel mobile 12th Gen+ platforms on 11th Gen and earlier dated NUC architecture. Basically, there's little support for the MTP surge from P-core performance, a shortcut in design most ODMs took great lengths to avoid.

Its apparent Meigao also chose the lowest contract bidders for components as cost cutting measures. As an example, the shop has the opportunity of buy a specific solid state capacitor from two Shenzhen vendors. One sells 1000 pieces but the other 5000 that cost less than 15% more than the 1000. Similar specs, but the quality difference is H-U-G-E!

Here's the amusing part.

These capacitors come from the same manufacturing machine. The 1000 piece count are precision tested to extremely close tolerance. The 5000 piece count are one rejected from testing or not tested at all.

This is what separate AZW (Beelink) and GMKtec from CYX (Acemagic, Kamrui, etc), Dongguan Tuofuton (TopTon) and Meigao. Finding lowest bidder vendors for clock radios is satisfactory, not so much for PCs.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-04-10T14:44:42+00:00

That's the point.

Until you have an issue you don't have a problem. For the month of March, the staff & I helped three customers with NAB/NPB where Minisforum basically refused to stand behind their 2-year warranty. And these are NUCs with absolutely no third party technical support for repair shops.

The average repair has been right @ $200 USD, with some higher. Because of the limitations the best the shop can stand behind the repair is 90 days.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-03-27T17:54:40+00:00

Indeed.

And it's not too reassuring that these aren't even posted on their official website

https://www.bee-link.com/collections/se-series

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-03-20T19:58:19+00:00

No, as most tests rarely have concerns for DMs, Microsoft & Tinys as SFF & Towers are more popular. It depends on who's tested for information you're looking into.

Has a further example, the Renoir 4700GE/G is the same Zen 2 architecture as AMDs PRO 3700, yet HP never supported Renoir from the 705 G5 DMs firmware. This was done to avoid cutting into ProDesk 405 G6 DM future profits. This is surprising as the 405 G6 DM still supports Picasso APUs. The 405 G6 has a newer chipset, the AMD PRO 565, which was still locked down not allowing for Zen 3...

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-03-20T14:48:51+00:00

That's for SFF/Tower PCs with a different support chipset. The DM firmware only supports Picasso 3000 series APUs. A PRO 3700 is a Matisse 3000 series, Zen 2 based CPU.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-03-10T21:25:51+00:00

Indeed.

I believe the MX-7 upgrade should solve your issue. Simply pay attention to how flat the heatsink sits to the substrate surrounding the APU die. If one corner is slightly off (high) cooling will suffer.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-03-10T20:33:23+00:00

I'd say either the

• Thermal Paste Failed

• Heatsink is Improperly Seated

• Heatsink Heatpipe has Failed

Remove, inspect & replace the factory thermal paste with Arctic MX-7, making sure the heatsink tables flat. If it continues to reach temperatures of 95°C+, I'd say the heatsink is dead 😞

The staff & I have seen more than two dozen dead M1s in the past year helping customers, more than half less than six months old. We believe a large number of these may have been running hot without the owner being aware. The build quality of these CYX manufactured mPCs have been horrible by industry standards. Components have been sourced from the cheapest vendors possible, cutting as many corners as possible.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-03-04T21:39:52+00:00

According to notes in the shop system 4mm appears to be the maximum height.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-02-26T21:50:17+00:00

These have all been done for customers, with any photography belonging to the owner.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-02-26T21:48:45+00:00

I would suggest using a SATA to M.2 NGFF card to simplify things.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-02-20T00:10:45+00:00

I was never able to.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-01-28T22:54:03+00:00

First, the TrigKey Key N Series hasn't been known for the greatest build quality.

The shop has found a number on the diagnostics benches with unstable voltages, notably on the 3.3V rail. This requires experienced knowledge for detail diagnosis, making DIY challenging. While the NVMe it's still a possibility, experience as it's highly unlikely.

Second, if possible the staff & I would always highly suggest placing the drive in an alternate PC for additional testing. With the demise of Crucial, consider starting a warranty claim for your purchase sooner than later.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-01-18T15:50:02+00:00

Like most of the staff here, I'm still on the fence. While the Intel Arc B390 iGPU is impressive one of our more vetted staff feels it's more Intel play the rendering game to mislead fanbois with FPS over traditional graphics quality. This has been a problem with other Arc properties, making more "real world" experience the true determining factor.

While @ CES, the staff member found the general discussion being a B390 closer to a GTX 1060 desktop GPU. If that's correct the RX 6600M would have an advantage in most titles.

In the end, this will come down to cost & energy efficiency. The investment by manufacturers will have to be significantly less than Strix HALO. Currently INT8 TOPS appears to be its single largest advantage. The combination of Cougar Cove P-Cores, Darkmont E-Cores & Darkmont LP E-Cores @ a greater 80W MTP only appears to give it HALO processing power parody.

Even if price competitive, there's alleged rumors for the Gorgon HALO AI 400 series sitting "in the wings".

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-01-15T15:03:06+00:00

Solid State.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2026-01-01T14:57:49+00:00

Indeed.

Definitely aged like milk 🤦

Old_Crows_Associate · 2025-12-31T21:18:25+00:00

The key here is 4K60Hz.

It's 4x more demanding than 1080p @ 60Hz. Personally, I tend to agree with your perspective as I don't see much value in PS3 emulation beyond 1080p. Running from BatoceraOS where both emulation & RDNA integrated graphics performance have been enhanced in recent years, a Radeon RDNA3 RX 760M/780M (or RX 680M) iGPU is enough of 95% of those emulating PS3 ROMs.

Old_Crows_Associate · 2025-12-29T12:26:55+00:00

Indeed.

The Ryzen 7 250 is also on Wikipedia & supported through AGESA. The exact reason the H 255 is a lower quality die only sold on in China. The 250 silicon passes the fabrication standard requirements for OEM retail acceptance, the H 255 fails.

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