started my research searched through forums and i was ready to unleash the potential
although i left the project but thought it would be better to share all my found-resources here so that someone someday might stumble on these and complete what i couldn’t
Check with Aasim on the forum if he has still has em.
Many of us got these along with PCIe riser and LP cards from him.
Mine has been running quite well as the primary promox server for a while with a 2.5g PCIe card upgrade + a 12v to 19V DC DC SMPS (much easier to get than a pico PSU) to power it directly off a 12V 7AH so as to tide over any brownouts
uptime is over a year now and I dont see why it would not be longer
PS: In case anyone needs a LP GPU for it, I have one lying idle (P620 IIRC)
Thanks for sharing all the links. P330 might be one of the best if not the best mini pcs out there. You get 2x nvme slot and 1x PCIE out of the box. Possibilities are endless with this mini pc. Make a router, NAS, casual gaming pc, and whatnot.
I have the tools and bit of experience so I can at least think about doing it. I already got the passive components (resistors, capacitors) and believe me these are tiny af, can’t work with them without magnification.
@Paget89 I did similar mod last year but noticed that the sata expansion board I had caused issues with C states. System was stuck at C3 causing heat and power.
In my case I was using the boards 12v & 5v power for 2 3.5” HDD’s. No extra psu needed. I’ve seen people use 4 HDD’s without external power.
In my current scenario, I am using the inbuilt SATA connector for one main HDD and a USB sata for backup HDD. No C state issue. Goes to C7 state. Of course power to HDD’s come from main board.
P330 combined with a vPro capable intel processor also has AMT KVM capability I believe. though I’m yet to configure it myself. Using a 9500t P330 with 2.5G Nic for proxmox backup server.
Got another one for my parents but in that I got the full 65w 9500. Sounds like a jet even after reapplying TIM and thermal pads. Had to drop PL1 and PL2 using throttlestop (windows) to bring it below 80c under load.
Power consumption measured at wall with UPS connected is 32W average. UPS itself consumes around 10 watt. So that leaves 22W total system power usage. Do note that backup HDD is on standby 99% of the time and only wakes up for a ZFS backup and goes to sleep again. Head parking is disabled in HDD which adds around 2W. Around 32 containers+vm’s in proxmox.
For more info, I’m running i5 8600 with 16 gb ram and one nvme ssd. Planning to upgrade ram if it gets cheaper.
Not the HBA card but the M2 A+E key to double sata board that OP has shared. I have the same one and it kept system to C3 state. Not that it’s an issue but for me it causes heat and more power usage and I like to keep it efficient.
Also I have used intel AMT via the stock ethernet port. It works and you can also take remote desktop if you have any hdmi device connected. I tried with both monitor and dummy hdmi adapter and it worked.
