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Preparing NUCs for Labs

When you are preparing to do an UncleNUC lab, it is recommended to:

  • Physically clean the NUC inside and out, including blowing out dust from the CPU fan
  • Make sure compatible RAM is installed; 8GB is what is recommended for UncleNUC Labs; 4GB will probably work in most cases
  • Make sure an mSATA SSD is installed (minimum 32GB recommended, prefer 64GB or greater)
  • Make sure the CPU fan is present and operable (yes I have seen missing CPU fans)
  • Make sure the WiFi card is present; it may be possible to run UncleNUC labs without WiFi with modifications
    • Format a USB stick with a FAT filesystem
    • Download the latest firmware .BIO for your NUC - beware that several NUC models may use the same .BIO file
    • Copy the .BIO file to the USB stick
      • It is fine to have more than one firmware file on the flash drive
      • Be sure you can tell the files apart! Using folders is one way to do this
    • Insert the USB firmware stick you created in the NUC
    • Reboot the NUC and enter the Visual BIOS menu (press F2 at the boot prompt)
    • Compare the version of BIOS on the system with the version you downloaded
    • Click Update, don't check using the Internet, and file the file on the USB stick
    • Click Open, and confirm the upgrade
    • Be patient while the system updates and reboots
  • Reset BIOS settings to default
    • Intel recommends to reset BIOS settings to defaults after every BIOS update
    • Press F9 to reset to defaults and accept the message (Y)
    • Press F10 to save and exist and accept the message (Y)
lab/preparing_nucs_for_labs.txt · Last modified: 2023/04/28 20:48 by user