There's a set of 4 pins labeled PWCON1 near the middle of the back side of the thin client, or least there is on the model I have. You can get +5 off of one pair of those pins. Right now, I've set mine up to stream whatever is playing on my desktop computer. I'm digging through my box of old computer parts looking for a PCI or USB wireless adapter so I can put it in another room. The integrated sound card is pretty noisy, but with the the volume turned all the way up it's not very noticeable.
Asa On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Sam Hooker <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Asa, > > Which pins did you use? I tapped the innermost +5 line (on the mobo > connector) and the adjacent ground and, while the IDE module seems to show > up at boot time ("invalid startup disk; press any key..."), it appears that > I've now energized the chassis. ;-) > > Now, to be fair, this may have been the case before -- I hadn't handled the > (nearly-all-metal) case with the machine powered, previously. My EE-Fu is > insufficient to propose potential (har-har) causes for a short apart from to > say that there's no bare conductor that I can identify. Any thoughts from > the more hardware-savvy in the audience? > > > Cheers, > > - -sth > > sam hooker|[email protected]|http://www.noiseplant.com > > Are you satisfied? ([y]/n): > > - ----- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I finally got around to installing Debian on one of the old Neoware > > thin clients that were offered on the list a few months ago. It took > > a > > little more work than I expected . . . copying Sam, I bought a 1GB > > flash IDE module from Logic Supply. It turns out there's not any > > molex > > connectors in the thin client, but I found some pins with the right > > voltage, and taped something together. Netbooting didn't work, so I > > ended up putting the flash module in another computer, installing > > Debian from CD, then moving it back to the thin client. I've got > > screen, ssh server and sudo installed . . .now, I just need to find > > something to do with it. The spare PCI slot, and integrated audio > > offers some interesting options. > > > > Has anyone else done anything with them yet? > > > > Asa > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.7.5) > > iEYEARECAAYFAko+/F0ACgkQX8KByLv3aQ14QQCg3611te297GXJxQzEnvraH3mb > wqIAn10sQQR50SISi4XmPhrc+BMo4dJ3 > =y5as > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
