ulfn Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 A last picture from today. This is how it looks inside under the layer I lifted out. 1 Quote
Sonic Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Nice journey! Looking forward to see HexOs on your mini NAS. Can you share your experiences with the temperature? I'm really curious about the cooling system in this NAS mini PC. 1 Quote
ulfn Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 Well there IS a fan inside, and an optional external fan you could mount on the top cover. I got it with my Pocket NAS, even though on their website they say it’s an optional thing. I would need to have it all ready before I can tell you more about it. The four screw holes on the top are meant for the external one. Best thing is, I’ve never heard the internal fan, and the external one seems very quiet also, when I tested it. When I’ve built computers I’ve used Noctua fans, so I’m quite spoiled, in this regard. By the way, all the metal of the box itself seems aimed at dissipating heat. I will be back. 1 Quote
ulfn Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 The internal fan is like one of the layers when you go from top to bottom, so it’s ”format filling”, I would guess it’s a standard 92x92 mm computer fan, or possibly an 80x80 mm one. Quote
ulfn Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 Just a comment about the internal fan, in my latest post. A standard computer fan it may be, but it would have to be a thin one. Otherwise it would be a like fan with a computer board attached to it. Quote
ulfn Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 On 3/9/2025 at 7:25 PM, Sonic said: Nice journey! Looking forward to see HexOs on your mini NAS. Can you share your experiences with the temperature? I'm really curious about the cooling system in this NAS mini PC. As I said, the full picture is only apparent when the OS disk is in place, together with the four NVMe drives,. And I guess the four NVMe ones are the heat creating disks in this setup. Still having a bit of struggle with the (Hex)OS drive, but working on it. Any temperature numbers now wouldn’t be meaningful. So again, I will be back. Quote
ulfn Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 And I sent a question, again, about how and where to install the OS disk. For you who didn’t follow this from the start, I sent several questions earlier to the ipc.net support team., since I couldn’t get all information from the user manual. I told them all the time I write about this mini PC in a forum, and wanted to get correct information to pass on to others interested in this Pocket NAS. A miniature PC like this, is very different from your normal one with a regular motherboard . In this small scale, there are many custom solutions, and it isn’t always apparent where things should go. Quote
ulfn Posted March 14 Author Posted March 14 So, the answer from the ipc.net support team came today. I asked them about the screws used in the screw holes you can see on the underside of the layer I pulled it. Only thing is, as I discovered, those screw holes are already with screws in them from the other side, and not usable here, but as the support said ”you could double-sided tape him”.. So I’m thinking this, or like adhesive Velcro strips. Doing a little research about heat resistance for both of these alternatives, before deciding… Quote
Dylan Posted March 14 Posted March 14 1 hour ago, ulfn said: So, the answer from the ipc.net support team came today. I asked them about the screws used in the screw holes you can see on the underside of the layer I pulled it. Only thing is, as I discovered, those screw holes are already with screws in them from the other side, and not usable here, but as the support said ”you could double-sided tape him”.. So I’m thinking this, or like adhesive Velcro strips. Doing a little research about heat resistance for both of these alternatives, before deciding… Smart. I would also check heat and material temperature thresholds when using non-standard components. Looks like a lot of fun @ulfn! Looking forward to see and hearing about it when you've got it all up and running. 1 Quote
ulfn Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 (edited) @DylanYou’d have to see it with a child’s eyes .There’s the joy of discovery in all this. Edited March 15 by ulfn 1 1 Quote
Dylan Posted March 15 Posted March 15 22 minutes ago, ulfn said: @DylanYou’d have to see it with a child’s eyes .There’s the joy of discovery in all this. I know exactly what you mean. The joy of discovery is immeasurable. 2 Quote
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