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Id say it is quiet enough, quieter than any other small HTPC ive ever had... Only you can make the judgement for yourself though, you might have particularly sensitive ears or whatever. If it really came to it, you could get a fanless case for it if you weren't happy
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2014-07-23, 19:11
(This post was last modified: 2014-07-23, 19:18 by solamnic.)
I bought an Intel 34010 haswell nuc
also bought Kingston 8gb HX321LS11IBK2/8 8GB (2X4GB)
here is something weird...
when i install only one ram module on the upper dd3 slot Nuc boots ok..
if i install ram on the lower slot or on both slots nuc hangs..
is it a faulty nuc unit?
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Or faulty RAM?
Why would you want that much RAM for an HTPC?
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Sounds like the motherboard then.
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2014-07-24, 01:07
(This post was last modified: 2014-07-24, 01:08 by scarecrow420.)
Not specifically NUC related but from a general computing perspective: In my desktop PC I was trying to get a 16GB matched set of 4 G-Skill RAM sticks working and it would not post. I could use any combination of any 2 sticks of the 4 in any motherboard slots and it was fine, but as soon as I added a 3rd or 4th stick it would not post. I finally got it to work by going into BIOS and manually configuring the RAM voltage, timings etc as per the RAM specs and the machine started up with all 4 sticks. Essentially the motherboard auto SPD setting was somehow not working (perhaps it was setting the voltage on the low side as the RAM specs said 1.5 - 1.6v and when I manually configured everything I set it at 1.55v).
So you could try getting into BIOS with 1 stick of RAM installed, then manually set the RAM speed timings and voltage according to your RAM specs and see if anything changes. If that doesn't work you could even try a minor voltage increase over stock voltage (be careful/research safe limit first etc) just to see if that changed anything. If still no joy then look to take the NUC and/or RAM back to the shop you purchased it from and see if they can either try alternative RAM or try that RAM in an alternative NUC
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Intel answered:
"We have received your email and are happy to assist you.
Please we would like you to inform you that in most NUCs the lower slot does not work but you could test with a different memory.
The link below gives the list of supported memory configurations also the list of tested memory"
Are we serious? Lower slot DOES NOT WORK in NUCS?
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I kind of think you got an idiot from their support team. All of their specs say it supports two RAM sticks, I would escalate the issue within their tech support team.