[yuyak]

Loving my NUC. Running like a dream with Gotham Alpha and my 47" LCD. Only outputting sound via TV/HDMI so can't really comment on the DTS issues others are having but in my setup it's all working fine now. Am definitely happy with the purchase.

I've noticed a few people reporting DTS (presumably DTS-HD passthrough) working. Can you clarify whether that's with Openelec or with Win8.1? If I recall correctly, it was working with Openelec from the beginning, but I still haven't seen anyone say that it works in Win8.1. Thanks!

[zAo_OSX]

Any word on the noise it creates?

[mason]

@two515ty where did you get that information from regarding not supporting CEC over HDMI? Since I'm would love to have Pulse Eights interal CEC adapter added to the NUC. Also it wouldn't make sense why they put the custom header on the board then.

[two515ty]

@two515ty where did you get that information from regarding not supporting CEC over HDMI? Since I'm would love to have Pulse Eights interal CEC adapter added to the NUC. Also it wouldn't make sense why they put the custom header on the board then.

It's not listed in the specs, the Haswell models don't support it, and the fact that there is a header for it means that it's something optional, not something that comes with the board by default. I'm fairly sure everything I've read about CEC on the NUC's says it's not there.

[Ned Scott]

@two515ty where did you get that information from regarding not supporting CEC over HDMI? Since I'm would love to have Pulse Eights interal CEC adapter added to the NUC. Also it wouldn't make sense why they put the custom header on the board then.

It's not listed in the specs, the Haswell models don't support it, and the fact that there is a header for it means that it's something optional, not something that comes with the board by default. I'm fairly sure everything I've read about CEC on the NUC's says it's not there.

That's why people buy the Pulse Eight internal CEC adapter. It doesn't come with CEC out-of-the-box, but it can be added later.

EDIT: Ah, I see the context of the original message. Never mind :)

[mason]

I would understand if you have some prepared solderpoints without a header, but even the manual states specific details regarding the header, also the manufacturer of the adapter list the i5 nuc as compatible and provided a detailed pinout configuration. to bad the support of pulse eight is a little... not too good.

[SgtSlaughter]

It happened with my Intel D510MO server when I swapped the monitor. Now I can't see the post screen, but the problem is that the monitor doesn't refresh the image quickly enough. It also happened to my ION HTPC build after swapping the AV with a HDMI capable one, which is not refreshing the image quickly enough too.

Did you try pressing F2 just after turning it on (or whatever the key is, to access the BIOS)?

Kind regards.

I suggest you correspond with the people in the Intel NUC support site rather than here to resolve your issues. MAybe you can help them as well to recreate issues that they could use create a new Bios to solve your problem.

Intel destroyed the audio out over HDMI on both my Hotel and home TVs. maybe they should test more than just monitors before releasing a major product or BIOS updates.

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboard...034622.htm

I didn't pay good money to be their beta tester. All I have now is a worthless piece of garbage. does anyone know a good lawyer? we should start a class action lawsuit for false advertising!!!! the NUC cannot support XMBC or even linux without flawed BIOS patches. Let's hold Intel accountable for their actions. they falsely advertised FULL xbmc support.

I'm sorry, but I'm calling bullshit on this. Even if this somehow happened, it's extremely doubtful that this would be more than a fluke and that Intel wouldn't replace the broken TVs, as well as the NUC itself. Not to mention that we have tons of people now with NUCs on the forums, and I've never heard of anyone having this much of an issue with a NUC. I'm extremely skeptical of this entire situation.

I will post YouTube posts tonight. I am disappointment that no-one believes that I am experiencing all these issues.

Ned Scott, I never said Intel would replace my TV. I said that the only fix that I can see is replacing or buying a new TV to get my NUC to work. Intel support chat has been good so far. They want be to restore the original factory BIOS but I can't get to the POST to follow the flash bios steps.

Ned Scott, I am guessing you are a Intel employee based on your location and how quickly you defended the Mothership.

I have been negative ever since my NUC did the following.

1. Lost a windows install after 9 days.
A. This could have been my fault. Thank you forum for pointing out this known windows issue. http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1357945
B. I was not able to fix this issue with the tape over the weekend. I was powering my system down with power button shutdown. So that shouldn't corrupt a windows install.
2. I am experiencing picture misalignment with my TV's.
A. My hotel TV is a Panasonic TH-32LRT12U. Have to run on the lowest resolution to get my desktop to align.
B. My personal TV is a Panasonic TC-P42S1 (I fixed this on my home TV with an advanced picture setting in the TV menu)
3. Had visual bios not work on my hotel TV. No txt bios support.
A. http://www.intel.com/support/motherboard...034637.htm
4. Lost the ability to see the POST on my home PC after the BIOS update.
A. Intel Service Ticket was opened.
B. They want me to restore my BIOS to the previous code level.
5. Audio out on my HDMI stopped working after the BIOS upgrade also. Right now I DO NOT have access to my BIOS or HDMI sound working. the audio jack does work.
A. Just discovered this issue is after hooking up my NUC to 3 different TV's after the BIOS upgrade.

[00b5]

blah blah blah, I'm not happy with intels product and spend as much time bitching on the forums as I do trying to salvage the situation, blah blah blah

Totally get that you aren't happy.

1. Spend all this energy you put into your forum posts to complain to get yourself a replacement device. Yours COULD in fact be faulty.

2. If #1 fails, its time to punt, and sell that (hopefully replacment NUC) and either get a higher end one (like a haswell) or build your own, or go with some other piece of hardware/tech, etc.

That will make you happy (IMO). Defending yourself to mass amount of intel employees in this thread (LOL) might make you feel better, but never truly happy. If it does, well, thats an entire other problem.

And a simple note to other people in the thread that "I had major issues getting it to work, so be aware" will have just as much effect for those interesting in buying this device (probably more actually).

Good Luck!

[pjtpjt]

I will post YouTube posts tonight. I am disappointment that no-one believes that I am experiencing all these issues.

Nobody said you were not experiencing these problems, and you have all the reasons to be disappointed.
However, before calling the whole Bay Trail NUC line POS, you should at least try to find out what was possibly a fault from your end, what is an issue that can be fixed in software, and that possibly you were unlucky and got a faulty model.

This is a new line of devices, and unlike desktop systems that had decades to iron out wrinkles, it's been out a couple of months. For now, this is for hobbyists who don't mind if they have to surf the net just to allow hdmi sound for more than one user in Linux Mint. But for that one user that can use hdmi out, playing Portal on the big TV was fun. Most important, XBMC works flawlessly.

I understand that some people jumped into buying it, because it's cheap, but assumed they'll get a low maintenance HTPC working out of the box. Well, as it seems this is not one, but so far with all of its shortcomings, it's still more usable than any single board ARM computer, and it's much much faster than the Pi.

[SgtSlaughter]

I will post YouTube posts tonight. I am disappointment that no-one believes that I am experiencing all these issues.

Nobody said you were not experiencing these problems, and you have all the reasons to be disappointed.
However, before calling the whole Bay Trail NUC line POS, you should at least try to find out what was possibly a fault from your end, what is an issue that can be fixed in software, and that possibly you were unlucky and got a faulty model.

This is a new line of devices, and unlike desktop systems that had decades to iron out wrinkles, it's been out a couple of months. For now, this is for hobbyists who don't mind if they have to surf the net just to allow hdmi sound for more than one user in Linux Mint. But for that one user that can use hdmi out, playing Portal on the big TV was fun. Most important, XBMC works flawlessly.

I understand that some people jumped into buying it, because it's cheap, but assumed they'll get a low maintenance HTPC working out of the box. Well, as it seems this is not one, but so far with all of its shortcomings, it's still more usable than any single board ARM computer, and it's much much faster than the Pi.

pjtpjt, with my experiences with the HD graphics makes Bay Trail NUC DOA .The 2 Panasonic televisions I have tested have big issues with HD graphics chip and the visual BIOS. I have never seen resolution misalignment like this (I have used many devices Gen 1 Xbox, Apple TV2, OUYA, AMD 3200 Graphics or Raspberry PI (the PI does require calibration but at-least it has an option)) or to lose HDMI audio out in Windows 8 after a BIOS update.

I liked my NUC when it worked. (Even on the lowest resolution in windows 8.)

I will stop posting in Bay Trail. You are right I am being very negative.

Hopefully I can get Intel to agree to RMA my unit and my issues will be magically be fixed.

Thank You.

[yuyak]

pjtpjt, with my experiences with the HD graphics makes Bay Trail NUC DOA .The 2 Panasonic televisions I have tested have big issues with HD graphics chip and the visual BIOS. I have never seen resolution misalignment like this (I have used many devices Gen 1 Xbox, Apple TV2, OUYA, AMD 3200 Graphics or Raspberry PI (the PI does require calibration but at-least it has an option)) or to lose HDMI audio out in Windows 8 after a BIOS update.

I liked my NUC when it worked. (Even on the lowest resolution in windows 8.)

I will stop posting in Bay Trail. You are right I am being very negative.

Hopefully I can get Intel to agree to RMA my unit and my issues will be magically be fixed.

Thank You.

Sorry you had so many problems with it. Good luck with the RMA.

[legends71]

Until you figure out the issue with it you could always put some black tape over the sensor. Or turn the NUC so it's out of line of sight from your remote.

Already put some paper on the IR eye but no luck, IR is strong enough to turn it on.
Only thing is to pull the power plug.

Did you get to try turning on the TV without the use of any IR remote? (To see if the NUC still boots up)

I did remove the hdmi cable to see if the remote turned it on or the tv, it was the remote. :-(
Seems to me that it's impossible to turn the IR off even in the bios.

Anyone try to get the nuc into sleep mode with win8.1? Because that doesn't seem to work either.
It turns of the tv display but never goes to sleep mode.

[Kib]

Heh, I am hoping I will not have that issue with my bay trail NUC when it arrives...

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=185932

[legends71]

[quote='legends71' pid='1623242' dateline='1391955954']
Hi all,

Got the nuc with 8GB crucial and 120 kingstone with windows 8.1 pro with media center pack.
Setting it up was a smooth ride.
The thing dat is bothering me is the freakin IR and power management.
It seems that the nuc doesn't like to sleep and the other thing that I real want to disable is my IR because every time I power on my Philips TV the nuc turns on.
I tried to disable the IR in the bios but still no luck, the nuc turns on when I or my son turns on the tv.
It's driving me crazy, any one got a similar issue or perhaps a solution?

I have a Philips 46PFL7505D and I can confirm that my NUC also turns on (or goes to sleep if it's already on) whenever I turn the TV on using the remote. I am using a Logitech Harmony 200 instead of the Philips remote, but I doubt that makes much difference to the issue.

As far as sleeping, did you make sure to install the chipset drivers so it recognizes the ACPI device? Open your device manager (press the windows key, then type devmgmt.msc and hit enter) and make sure there are no unrecognized devices. If you still have unrecognized devices, download and install the individual drivers (or the driver bundle if you prefer) from here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchR...+DN2820FYK

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Yes, I installed all drivers and there are no unknown devices in my device manager.

[RideLikeTheWind]

Hi, it looks like a lot of you are really getting to grips with this box now which is great as it looks like a cracking little machine!
I need help with a few questions before moving forward and getting one though....

1. Will 2GB of RAM be enough to just run Openelec? I'll mostly be viewing my DVD rips (4-5GB mpeg files) and a few Blu Ray rips (30GB-ish m2ft files).
2. If I wanted to run XBMCbuntu will I be better off getting 4GB of RAM? Reason for XBMCbuntu is to have another PC if my main one goes down (just use it web browsing most of the time).
3. Should I go for a USB stick installation or a SSD? Is there much difference in speed between the two? What size of should I go for (USB or SSD)? If the USB stick is the best should I go USB2 or3?

RLTW