(aka Home Mainframe)
Begin of the story - Re-use a screen broken laptop motherboard to get an home server, home theater and small Nas. Board from:
TOSHIBA P875-101
- 4 DDR3 Up to 32Go
- Intel Core i7 3610QM - 4 Cores | 8 Threads - TDP 45W - No fanless yet but semi-passive
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
- 3 SATA III (convert optical drive)
- 1 HDMI
- 1 LAN
- 1 LVDS
- 2 USB3
- Battery Removed - Low powered @ 90W power supply
🧪 Prototype 2020
Then want to find and test in a well know Thin Mini-ITX standard
Since⚡cost more and more - It's important to power saving all my electrical material, and preserve the planet at my scale 🌳 So PCs and Server are warmly involved...
(2x 500W = 1000W power supply previous 2020 config)
So at this point, I'm convinced that I now need material that I can easily re-use/repair/upgrade - 3 essential points. A virtuous cycle!
🟪 TRINITY Project was born
So to test it in prod env, I need a basic material, according to my old one (LGA 1150) and my new philosophy. So I'm gone to search an industrial grade thin mini-ITX Find this one refurbished:
AAEON EMB-H81B
- 2 DDR3 Up to 16Go
- Intel Core i3 4160T - 2 Cores | 4 Threads - TDP 35W - Fanless
- Integrated Graphics up to 1Go
- 2 SATA III
- 1 SATA II + 1 mSATA II
- 1 HDMI
- 2 LAN
- 1 LVDS
- 2 USB3
- 1 PCIe X1 (4 LAN basic NICs to build a gateway)
- Standard PC I/O
- Low powered @ 120W power supply
🧪 Prototype 2022
See on | FanlessTech
This is an important achieve goal here. Set test & stress on this x86 fanless board:
- Definitly choose Alpine Linux to fit on (and all others)
- Definitly choose LGA sockets (Intel or AMD)
- Definitly choose So-dimm RAM sockets
- Definitly choose sata or nvme emplacement (1 minimum)
Want to remove my sh***ty internet provider router too - so we install an 1x PCIe 4 ports Ethernet card
Other extensions like PCIe or LVDS can be add for special applications
Bang and Olufsen and me ... Long story since I discover their products at 6 years at my parents' house and few others along years. I'm fascinated! Today
Influenced by B&O design and reliability, I want to built beatiful object than can be easy fixed and upgrade to preserve it's shell, like an unique object.
- Use oak or ebony (ideally reused oak)
- Use lot of copper
- Bit of aluminum
Apple Design not Apple Philosophy! But manny "Vintage Things" about it and mostly work of "The Woz".
Final goal is to be able to built a gateway or an AIO PC in noble materials and small limited hand-made production in Versailles - France.
🛠️ CROWDSOURCING is warmly appreciate - contact us
To make it sense, I work on a cool Dashboard for Alpine Linux !
🟥 Stay Hired on
⬛ New TRIИITY Dashboard
Get wired! 💜