<![CDATA[Whelp.]]>@ironicbadger It's a shame because I did consider it and it looked like really good hardware to replace my power-hungry Mac Pro 2012 that I use as a Proxmox host. 300w on idle really does a number on the electricity bill and I had two of them in a two-node cluster. Total consumption was about 14% of my total household consumption. 😬

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/51907d9e-6fe1-405e-88dd-d2cd3cc9a242/whelp.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:50:46 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 12:38:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:38:51 GMT]]>@ironicbadger oh crumbs. I have a pair that run active-active for my homelab. This does not fill me with confidence!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dinos/statuses/116407581497554031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dinos/statuses/116407581497554031Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:38:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:45:44 GMT]]>@ironicbadger That is some impressive magic smoke. I have been wanting to switch to a Mini-PC of some kind for my proxmox host but the Minisforum, Beelink, GMKtec's of the world do scare me with lack of repairability compared to the Dell, HP or Lenovo MicroPC’s.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/glennbrown/statuses/116405957085496827https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/glennbrown/statuses/116405957085496827Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:45:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:46:29 GMT]]>@xv8 one of those "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is" kinda feelings in the pit of my stomach right now.

1 year out of this box isn't what you expect from modern hardware at all.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ironicbadger/statuses/116405488174505186https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ironicbadger/statuses/116405488174505186Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:46:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:19:18 GMT]]>@ironicbadger I have been skeptical of them given they push so much advertising for their product.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.solar-empire.tech/ap/users/116393743221818593/statuses/116405145354750874https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.solar-empire.tech/ap/users/116393743221818593/statuses/116405145354750874Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:19:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:23:43 GMT]]>@ironicbadger yikes

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116326801696384441/statuses/116404926769469782https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/116326801696384441/statuses/116404926769469782Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:23:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:37:38 GMT]]>@ironicbadger Mine is pretty unstable too - it’s the i5-12600 version. I gave up on it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ZS/statuses/116404745583286027https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ZS/statuses/116404745583286027Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:37:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:24:22 GMT]]>@in_sympathy tbh I’m going to RMA and sell.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ironicbadger/statuses/116404457486363031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ironicbadger/statuses/116404457486363031Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:24:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:14:48 GMT]]>@ironicbadger if only someone shared a photo of a good working board…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/in_sympathy/statuses/116404419885077055https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/in_sympathy/statuses/116404419885077055Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:14:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:10:59 GMT]]>@ironicbadger well one (larger) is definite a cap - easy to replace or remove and leave as is. But the rightmost can be a resistor or inductor - need to know for sure and if so - need to know resistor value

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/in_sympathy/statuses/116404404872392332https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/in_sympathy/statuses/116404404872392332Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:10:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:08:25 GMT]]>@ironicbadger 🙈🙉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/janwedek/statuses/116404394757051453https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/janwedek/statuses/116404394757051453Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:34:04 GMT]]>@MartinH @pasci_lei @ironicbadger

It seems like random Lenovo and Dell tiny PCs on eBay have better build quality...

I even pulled a Kaby Lake Inspiron model that was left outside for years and it works fine still

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116399429421782566/statuses/116404259704058668https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116399429421782566/statuses/116404259704058668Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:34:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:10:06 GMT]]>@ironicbadger yep, that magic smoke left scorch marks when it escaped

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116070070148560601/statuses/116404165455708646https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/ap/users/116070070148560601/statuses/116404165455708646Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:10:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:08:43 GMT]]>@janwedek 373 days old

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ironicbadger/statuses/116404160031524798https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/ironicbadger/statuses/116404160031524798Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:08:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:03:25 GMT]]>@ironicbadger 😱🫣 why do you have to scare me like this? I’m hoping my MS-01 will last a while!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/janwedek/statuses/116404139183309764https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/janwedek/statuses/116404139183309764Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:03:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:50:49 GMT]]>@pasci_lei @ironicbadger My Geekom smoked up recently and I switched to …. to …. 😒 Minisforum. Let’s see.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/MartinH/statuses/116404089617086951https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/MartinH/statuses/116404089617086951Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:50:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:48:04 GMT]]>@ironicbadger That's not at all terrifying...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/FuzzyMistborn/statuses/116404078811488318https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/FuzzyMistborn/statuses/116404078811488318Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:48:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Whelp. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:41:59 GMT]]>@ironicbadger Must have let out quite the magic smoke to look like that!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.theorangeone.net/users/jake/statuses/116404054914248870https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.theorangeone.net/users/jake/statuses/116404054914248870Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:41:59 GMT