New Mini PC Hardware

[guest14961]

I picked up a couple of these Qotom J1900 boxes.  Having an issue where reboot, goes directly into the bios.  Power cycle, via the power button, and boots properly.

Anyone else run into this?

[cdburgess75]

Try flashing bios if update for it is avail.

[guest14961]

Alas, no bios update listed on their site.  Have reached out via email, to see if they have a fix.

[angel2040]

Yeah.  I got one of these (512 gb ssd + 8 gig ram)---first time opnsense user.  Configured igb3 as internal lan and the interface keeps bouncing up & down continuously.  Are there any gotchas with installing opnsense on q190g4n???  Also, why can't I see the boot log on this thing?

root@opnsenseFW:/var/log # clog system.log | egrep "kernel: igb3: link state changed" | egrep "Feb 19" | wc -l
    1266

Feb 19 13:05:26 opnsenseFW kernel: igb3: link state changed to UP
Feb 19 13:05:27 opnsenseFW configd.py: [4a9f55e6-9911-4b67-861a-aac290174e85] Linkup starting igb3
Feb 19 13:05:27 opnsenseFW opnsense: /usr/local/etc/rc.linkup: DEVD Ethernet attached event for lan
Feb 19 13:05:27 opnsenseFW opnsense: /usr/local/etc/rc.linkup: HOTPLUG: Configuring interface lan
Feb 19 13:05:27 opnsenseFW kernel: igb3: link state changed to DOWN

[angel2040]

Also, why can't I see the boot log on this thing?

UGH!!!  /var/run/dmesg.boot

Not used to BSD....

[Nnyan]

I tested one of these small boxes (Qotom, Partaker, etc...) with a number of CPUs (J1900, J2900, 1037u, N3050) and the best one was the 1037u.  Strongest single core performance (but I'm not sure if strongest single core is the way to go, it's been awhile).  I ended up building a mini-itx system with a J4205 combo and it really rocks.  Has AES-NI if you need it.  I almost did the same for my build but I wanted more power and initially settled on a 35w Core i5.