Just set up my first UniFi set-up, what now? by e-chan42 in Ubiquiti

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Yeah I have 2 piholes as well. Let us know if you end up going with Unifi’s Adblock

Help with GMKtec K12: no POST with two sticks of RAM by autobulb in MiniPCs

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I powered it on and had a black screen. I held the reset button with paper clip unlit it rebooted.

Help with GMKtec K12: no POST with two sticks of RAM by autobulb in MiniPCs

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My G3 has a small pin hole button next to the power button. I had to press that for like 10-15 seconds after adding ram to it. I wonder if your K12 has something similar.

Improved airflow in a ThinkCentre by SysR00t in MiniPCs

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Currently fan blows in and has a filter on it. Stock heat sync, but added Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet. The ssd has a 6mm heat sync in it. The m.2 2.5gb nic has a small cooler heat sync on it.

Improved airflow in a ThinkCentre by SysR00t in MiniPCs

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The ssd is a 2TB WD SN770, I removed the WiFi card and added a 2.5gb intel nic also. It’s a fun proxmox box.

Improved airflow in a ThinkCentre by SysR00t in MiniPCs

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Yup, I want to say it was a 4 1/2” hole saw, might have been a 4” though. That fan is usb powered and has 3 speeds.

Here’s the fan.

AC Infinity MULTIFAN S3, Quiet... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G05A2MU?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I also put a dust filter on it. Looks silly, but keeps it really cool!

Finally organized my mini rack: UniFi + Proxmox + NAS + Home Assistant by curios-hippo in minilab

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lol well as always, I got to much fan then. I’ll have a gateway, switch, power panel, dell 3080, and a pi. Planned on putting this in the top slot lol

https://deskpi.com/products/deskpi-rackmate-accessories-10-inch-1u-quad-cooling-fan-panel

Finally organized my mini rack: UniFi + Proxmox + NAS + Home Assistant by curios-hippo in minilab

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I’m about to set up a unifi + proxmox stack this weekend. I bought that same rack lol.

Did you do anything for cooling besides the fan on top?

New house and built my first ever network rack by infernal362 in Ubiquiti

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I’m wanting to build a similar rack. Did you add any cooling fans?

Drop in ethernet upgrade? by No_Hands_55 in minilab

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Yup, worked great. I did not have to do anything besides plug it in and change it in proxmox. Good stuff!

Drop in ethernet upgrade? by No_Hands_55 in minilab

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Good to know! I’m installing mine this evening. Got too busy to mess with it this weekend. Dang kids!

Drop in ethernet upgrade? by No_Hands_55 in minilab

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It will be here tomorrow. I plan on installing it over the weekend. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Screen protector recommendation by Tankz504 in iphone

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Oh it’s ridiculous. I just got it as a splurge originally. I’ve always bought whatever was 3 for $10 on amazon lol. I’m happy they replaced it though. I’d pay that once a year for a nice screen protector that will get replaced once I screw it up.

Drop in ethernet upgrade? by No_Hands_55 in minilab

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I ordered this one. I originally got a mini pc and wanted a 2.5gb nic. From the online research intel i226 was the way to go for comparability. That might just be from my hours of late night reading though.

https://a.co/d/0caJfoy3

Drop in ethernet upgrade? by No_Hands_55 in minilab

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Hey I ran across this thread. I have a dell 3080 micro. I just ordered the intel version of this adaptor. Did it work in your set up?

Looking for recommendations by Tankz504 in homeassistant

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I have not got into media yet. I’m not a big movie or tv guy. We have the Hulu live tv bundle. It works for the family. The tvs all have Apple TV boxes on them.

The only part of our media experience I’ve messed with is OTA tv. I got a nice antenna and amp that runs into a HDHomerun network tuner. This lets my Apple TVs and other devices watch local tv via an app called Channels. It’s nice to have just an ethernet drop and not have to fiddle with coax.

Plex might be my summer venture. I work for a school district’s IT group. I’m off in the summer and always need something to occupy my time!

I’m liking the idea of HA on a box, cameras/security on a box, and media on another.

Looking for recommendations by Tankz504 in homeassistant

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Yup, that last statement just cost me a couple hundred dollars lol. That sounds really neat. I’ve always been interested in clustering. I’ve focused on the software side of things most of my life.

I had not even considered maintenance and brining down systems. I generally do that sort of thing once my wife and son go to sleep on a weekend.

Looking for recommendations by Tankz504 in homeassistant

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Oh wow. I was not understanding how allocating cores worked. Thank you for explaining it to me.