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Help with an old Intel NUC model D54250WYB (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Hey everyone, I've been self hosting a few things on a raspberry pi like board and wanted to upgrade to a mini PC. I got my hands on an old Intel NUC model D54250WYB but it had no memory or storage, not even an enclosure. I bought some RAM and a power supply but the SSD I was planning to use wasn't compatible (physically) and I didn't install it.

I tried powering it on but I only get a Standby LED when I plug it in. Pressing the power button doesn't do anything as far as I'm aware. There's supposed to be a second LED that turns on to show that the computer is ON. I have an Ubuntu installer USB that should work that I plugged in but nothing changes when I plug it in. Also, the board heats up when plugged in so I assume it's doing something?

I was planning on temporarily using an SD card or USB until I made sure the computer works so I don't spend money in vain.

My question is: Could it be that the missing internal storage is preventing the computer from booting? If not, could it be that something is shorted/doesn't work anymore? Has anyone had experience with this model? From what I found it was released in 2013 so it's relatively old now.

TLDR: Intel NUC without SSD storage but with only a usb won't boot. Is it the missing SSD fault?

Thanks in advance :)

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[–] Bitswap 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Do a BIOS recovery using the jumper. You'll have to go to download the recovery BIOS from Intel.

Page 52 and 53: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/boardsandkits/D54250WYB_D34010WYB_TechProdSpec.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiRrLT_5tWJAxVsOTQIHS89FXsQFnoECBQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0Cwh5M34aQHTbNFOuo5gGA

Edit: didn't read the full post. You can turn off the other LED in the bios.Youll need a display to know what's going on and to debug. If no storage is present, it usually boots to PXE boot or a screen that says no boot device found.