Solved Which TinyPC
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Got my Intel Compute stick, setting it up
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Windows 8.1 with Bing?
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Yes, searched about that, apparently its the same Windows 8.1 only thing is its default IE search engine is Bing!
http://www.howtogeek.com/195934/what-exactly-is-windows-8.1-with-bing-do-i-have-to-use-bing/
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8.1 with Bing is the "free" windows version for small devices I believe. It is not Pro to my knowledge.
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Ah okay, is there no Windows 10 "era" equivalent?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Ah okay, is there no Windows 10 "era" equivalent?
Not yet. It is being rumored though.
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ah okay, that makes sense.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Ah okay, is there no Windows 10 "era" equivalent?
It will upgrade to Windows 10 Home. I have some 7" Winbook tablets that were purchased to run a specific application while connected to a TV.
They popped the Windows 10 upgrade notice after release and I upgraded them no problems.
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So far it's a disaster. The pc started and for some reason restarted during the initial setup after language selection. And it's on a loop never completed the initial setup. Tried refresh, reset nothing works. That goes till 98% and restarts again. I am thinking of getting the new iso somehow add it on microsd and try a clean install or just return it and get a new piece.
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That's no fun. Sorry to hear that.
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@Ambarishrh said:
So far it's a disaster. The pc started and for some reason restarted during the initial setup after language selection. And it's on a loop never completed the initial setup. Tried refresh, reset nothing works. That goes till 98% and restarts again. I am thinking of getting the new iso somehow add it on microsd and try a clean install or just return it and get a new piece.
You have had it less than a week = return it. If the second one does the same, then troubleshoot.
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This is what I get now.
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@RojoLoco said:
@Ambarishrh said:
So far it's a disaster. The pc started and for some reason restarted during the initial setup after language selection. And it's on a loop never completed the initial setup. Tried refresh, reset nothing works. That goes till 98% and restarts again. I am thinking of getting the new iso somehow add it on microsd and try a clean install or just return it and get a new piece.
You have had it less than a week = return it. If the second one does the same, then troubleshoot.
That's a good option for sure. Maybe test a few things but.... yeah get that money back. Intel machines never seem to be good. We think of them as total crap. Their CPUs and stuff rock, of course. Great NICs, CPUs, support chips, etc. But their mobos, RAID, PCs, etc. I would not touch with a ten foot pole.
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Given the stick back to the vendor, and as per them they can't just replace unless the problem is proven. The guy boot up the stick, it restarted as usual, but surprisingly it went all the way to complete a reset. He could login to Windows and shown me that everything is fine. Felt surprised to see that stupid thing was working. Came back home, started installing chrome, FF and windows update, in 20 minutes, the device shutdown. Changed power cable just to make sure its not something to do with the USB cable, as the guy used a different cable there, but worked for 10 minutes and turned off. Looks like some sort of issue in the power/overheating. Contacted the vendor and asked to get me a replacement or refund tomorrow. Lets see. So far Intel stick is a big fail!
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Apparently someone already did an extensive review and the final verdict is NOT to buy this!
http://gizmodo.com/intel-compute-stick-review-don-t-buy-it-1699377058
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Finally, the whole issue was due to the stupid power requirement of the Intel stick. Due to the cable length issues previously where i was setting up the stick (power sources is not very close to the tv, so i used TV's USB interface to power the device, later on tried a different cable and a USB power charger as i forgot the Intel's power USB port at the office. All this was solved when i connected the original Intel sticks usb power adaptor, all started working fine. Very demanding power requirement. So if you want to use the Intel stick, make sure you have the same connectors you got with the device, nothing else works!
Upgraded to Windows 10, the screen has some lag on my HDMI enabled Monitor. Need to check on a bigger display, even though the device is 64 bit the recommended OS from Intel is 32 bit and its 2GB RAM. So far looking good with very basic operations like browsing, word etc. This will be good enough for the online CRM access. One thing i noticed is i kept it to run windows update over night, in the morning i couldn't wake that system and had to turn off completely. Will test it in the office today and see how it goes.
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Glad to see that you managed to get it working. Or mostly working, at least.
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I've seen other USB powered devices have the same problem. I think the Amazon Firestick specifically tells you to use their wall wart for power, do not use a TV USB port.
