Successful Install on Igel 4210 LX Winestra thin client
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Aren't you afraid that the drive will be toasted by the CPU and GPU heatsink? They can get pretty warm…
Also, unfortunately right below the HDD there are some electrolytic condensers, which don't really like warm weather. They are already too close to the heatsinks (bad placement IMHO by design), placing a HDD there would minimize the air flow, and get even warmer, wouldn't it?I thought I'd place it under the PCI card. Where the optional PCMCIA slot would have been.
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The hard disk touch just 1.5 cm with the cpu heatsink and coincides with a flap on the other heatsink. I do not think that affects him because heat rises and the CPU will never be below the disk. I'll tell you when I reach the parts that I need and I finish it.
A greeting.
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Well, I can confirm that the port activity LED works correctly with the ide hard drive but does not light with both CompactFlash I've tried.
Best regards
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HI,
does anybody succeeded in doing a full install on HDD?
If I just connect a 2.5" HDD to the pins on the board and
I get Problems with dma modes.Setting LBA mode in bios is not helpfull.
Disabling udma or dma mode in bios is not helpfull.
Disabling dma on console is not helpfull.Thanks and regards
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I installed once WinXP on a 160GB hard drive just for fun, it worked perfectly.
Try the bios update posted earlier in this topic.
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I can't seem to find any of these for sale on the USA eBay. Does anyone know if there was an equivalent American variation made?
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Search for Neoware E140 (or CA22) thin client.
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Thanks for the hint for updating the bios.
Done
Same problem.
I think I have to do it like the guys using an Alix board: -
great bit of hardware this for pfsense, just ordered a 2nd one after the first went so well. Using a dual pci nic as recommend in the posts.
Using to replace a watchguard x500 after the blessed timeouts on re1 issues…Thanks for the contribs on this post...
Chris
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You're more than welcome. I can also report that it runs super stable with several OpenVPN instances (hardware accelerated crypto - servers, client) and Asterisk as expected for more than 2 months now.
Next thing I'm going to try in the near future is a flexible dual pci riser, instead of the single riser that's originally inside. They say these work with VIA chipsets, we'll see. Naturally the card brackets won't fit as from factory, but may worth to do some working if it's rocking stable.
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I bought an iGEL thin client too, from ebay, the one with 256MB RAM, and wanted to upgrade the memory, so I bought this one hoping it works: http://www.amazon.de/200-DDR2-533-SODIMM-533Mhz-PC2-4200/dp/B003B4AQ7O/ref=pd_ys_iyr1
Unfortunately, the system does not recognize it :(
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I found a 2gb card around my place, and it uses it as a 1gb stick. Not sure, but think it only likes the 4 chip single sided cards.
Don't hold me to that, it's just a guess/observation.
Chris
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I bought an iGEL thin client too, from ebay, the one with 256MB RAM, and wanted to upgrade the memory, so I bought this one hoping it works: http://www.amazon.de/200-DDR2-533-SODIMM-533Mhz-PC2-4200/dp/B003B4AQ7O/ref=pd_ys_iyr1
Unfortunately, the system does not recognize it :(
Is there any BIOS upgrade, meanwhile, which I could apply to be able to use this memory?I ran exactly into the same, before. It detected successfully later 667 MHz modules of 1GB, currently runs perfectly with them.
I posted two exact types in this topic. Also here's a bios update a couple of pages earlier, try that, but I don't think it will solve your problem… -
I bought a module of this memory: Samsung M470T2953EZ3-CE6 (1 GB, DDR2 RAM, 667 MHz, SO DIMM 200-pin)
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hallo
I'm new here:-) and I've got some problems.
I got Igel 564 thin client.
I want to install HDD there.
Under the CF card slot is a 44 pin interface.
I think about adding there ATA 2,5" hdd but….
Hdd got 43 pins (prepared for connect with 80 wire cables?)
I have to buy everything and I never connect this kind of disk thats why I'm asking.
What I mean :the slot on mother board looks different that interface on disk.
How to connect disk to the mother board?I'm trying to add hdd because I try to built media center running on live linux distros.
I've got big problems with graphics and flash player (it use a lot of CPU power - no accelerated graphic?)
Now I'll try to use Win XP on it.
I don't know if I'm clear enough ;)
On board I got 44 pins on disk 43 (pin 20 removed - key)
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Yes. Use a laptop-IDE cable (44-pin). On Igel 4210 it worked.
But I'm afraid your box will be far too weak for a media center…
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I run opera and flash player on live Puppy linux.
It works it's not fast but it works.
I hope if I get windows Xp - some lite version with graphic support it will be faster.
robi you are sure about this disk?
It's really important news for me :) thanks for your post.
To make my question more clear I post the photos of 44 and 43 port cable.
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In short, you can use a non-keyed 44-pin connector with a keyed hdd but not the other way around.
Just make sure that both sides of the cable fit. Not all cables come un-keyed on both connectors.
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you can use a non-keyed 44-pin connector with a keyed hdd but not the other way
That's the information that I need.
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It works with a cable like your second picture.
