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I'm in the same boat as Tyler. This Asus Chromebox has never worked.

I am using the HDMI cable that came with it. I had the place I bought this from test out the Chromebox before they sent it out. They said it was working. So I plugged in the power supply, plugged in the HDMI that came with the unit (that the store I had test said that it worked), then I connected the other end of the cable to my Samsung monitor.

Never having used Chrome operating system I did not know what display I should/would get, but I know it is not supposed to be a blank screen. This is what I ended up getting.

I then thought I would put the end of a paper clip in, plug in the power cable and release the paper clip. Surely something should come up. No joy! Nothing is displaying.

Have I done something wrong? Should I do something differently?

I am not a total noob at these type of boxes. I have Kodi up and running on an Apple ll, Tronsmart 808B, and a Minix Neo X7. Those were pretty much straight forward. This Asus Chromebox does not seem to be. I'm thinking it was not tested right and return it. I already contacted the vendor, but I am not so sure I did everything right and certainly don't want to end up with a second box to try out like Tyler. If I cannot get this baby to go I'll resort to a Chinese box again as a last resort.

Any help appreciated.