Hardware Talk :: Bargain Fanless Mini-ITX BareBones PC in DSL-store



Hi

Has anyone here bought the "Bargain Fanless Mini-ITX BareBones Computer" in the DSL-store?

Is a US power-cord included? Is it a 2-prong or 3-prong (grounded)?
(The reason I'm asking is that I'm norwegian, and I need to know which plug-adapter I have to buy.)

I've been told that it can handle both 110V and 220V, so that shouldn't be a problem.

How does it work otherwise? Fast?

regards
Magnus
Magnus,

The US power cord is included, it is a 3 prong with a ground.

Performance wise it is very similar to an Epia 10000.

John
Just got mine up and running with 1G of ram and a 1G USB-ZIP pendrive.  

I'm a newbie to Linux, and have played with Knoppix briefly before discovering DSL (in the Linux Toys book pusblished by Extreme Tech.

Case opened with four teeny-tiny screws, snapped in the DDR, re-screwed (tight fit, because it really does make contact with a rubberized mating sheet over the heatsink), plugged in peripherals, and crossed my fingers.

DSL booted right up from the pendrive, AND I've got net and sound working with absolutely no tweaking atall, atall.  Slick.

Couple hours of runtime, and the side of the case is very warm to the touch, but not alarmingly so.

Next project:  see if I can get my external notebook HD drive working, and if the sound is clean enough, I'll be working on making this into a music server.

Or maybe, I'll be taking this pendrive home instead of lugging my laptop.
what is that slit in the front for? I keep looking at the pics and googling around but can't find out what the slit is for.
I had the same experience - plug in the memory and the USB/DSL, turn it on, and you're in business.  Plug into a router and you have instant internet.

The last mini-ITX case I bought had hardware and wires to mount a laptop HD, but this one doesn't.  I see in the store a "40-44 pin laptop drive adapter", which I assume is the wire, but no mounting brackets.  Any ideas would be welcomed.  Maybe I have to make my own bracket?

Thanks for your attention.
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