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Thank you for the reply. Yeah the cabinet is not SUPER air tight. The doors on it don't shut together completely, so there's a bit of a gap. I do plan on having my cable modem, wireless router, and switch in there, but we are also hoping to make it a "charging" hub for our devices. I suppose...

I have an old case that was used in on a TV entertainment center open faced cabinet for some time but I'm looking to transfer the HTPC as well as some other home network components into a cabinet. So my first question is - are there recommendations for a case for an ATX Mobo and...I think I...

Yep, I can connect to it just fine. My first thought was maybe some sort of Antivirus issue, and I'll keep checking on that, but so far I haven't determined that is the cause. It copies the files, according to the log, it just can't seem to get the service started.

As far as I know, yes. It shows 1.0h dated March 26, 2020.

Nope, I missed that. It copies files okay but says that service failed to start.

OldNESJunkie, I appreciate your work on this. When I try to use it, it acts like it's installing the VNC client remotely, then after a bit more time, it says it is removing it. It isn't generating any logs. Any suggestions on what to check?

The only thing I see that is making me nervous is about how there is a shared lane with the SATA 3_3 and M2_2. I just want to make sure I can use everything. So if I'm reading right, there are 4 SATA ports, 2 M.2 ports. If I used M2_2, I can't used ONE of the SATA ports, but I still have 3...

Yeah that's what I was thinking. And even though the OS would really only need 256 (or shoot, probably only 128) GB max, it doesn't look like it's worth it to cut that low just because you don't save very much. Alright, well if I move forward with this, I'll try to post and update. I've been...

Thanks. What about from the standpoint of having the SSD for the OS? If nothing else, that puts my OS on a separate drive from my media.

Right you are. Again, I'm so far removed from buying stuff like this regularly that i don't know what to expect. I really appreciate your assistance. Any thoughts on my plan with the SSD? Alternatively, if I wanted to spend more money, I suppose I could get a larger sized one and in...

I forgot to mention that while I'm doing this, I was also considering switching the OS over to an SSD - something just big enough to maintain the OS, so I was thinking of NVMe and it didn't look like that mobo you posted had a port for that, so I guess I may have to spring for a little bit more.

Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, no Microcenter near me. I was thinking at one point there were combo deals you could get that lowered the overall cost, but I wasn't sure if those existed anymore, so I guess I may need to buy it all separately. Don't see any prices on RAM anywhere...

Hey all, I have an ancient HTPC that I think has a mobo that is dying. I mean the thing is like 11 or 12 years old, but suddently it isn't seeing hard drives...2 drives and all at once it can't see either. The case is good as is the power supply, and I have ample storage space. What I was...

So I know this topic is an old one, but thought I'd revisit it. I wasn't particularly happy with the options i had a year ago and just left my setup as is with an HTPC running Win7 / WMC. However, I once again realize I'm getting closer to that not being viable. The guide service on it isn't...

Thanks for looking into that. I'm sure all of us who have used this tool would love to see those changes implemented so it works more consistently on win 10.