I had a 2.5" hdd lying around to throw in it, and a 2GB stick of ddr3 as well. I've paired this nettop with my TV (37LG50) and a Logitech K400 keyboard/touchpad combo. With that, I booted it up and installed Windows 7 via USB. Once finished, I updated the BIOS from within Windows (make sure you check the necessary boxes within the updater! follow the directions closely), loaded up the chipset drivers from Foxconn, then updated Windows, then updated the rest of the drivers. Smooth operation. I've recently updated the Catalyst Graphics & Atheros wifi drivers directly from each manufacturer and not Foxconn.
Once up and running, here's how it's doing:
Media playback: 1080p content without breaking a sweat when using a hardware accelerated decoder (DXVA) within XBMC and Media Player Classic Home Cinema.
Up and Running, (What's this?) Just finished loading Windows 7 on it. I was a little frustrated at first because of the lack of documentation on how to install the hard drive and memory (drive and memory ordered separately). There are four screws you need to remove using a narrow screwdriver and then you have to pry off the top, gently working your screw driver under the edge of the lid.
Great HTPC - With some Quirks, I bought this barebones system to use as a very low power HTPC. I wanted a Windows 7 System that was powerful enough to run Windows Media Center and a few other things like ESPN3.com (flash) and whatnot. I use it 95% of the time for WMC. For what I use it for, it's been doing great recently, but that wasn't always the case.
Hardware:
Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 500GB SATA II 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
Corsair Memory CM3X4GSD1066
OVU412002/00 IR Receiver (Called a Dell Microsoft CX071 - they are generic)
Connected to home theater receiver via HDMI, both audio and video.
First, setup was a pain. I've built a number of PCs over the years, so assembling and loading up a barebones system seemed straight forward...nope. During Windows installs it hung several times using a USB based DVD drive. I eventually got it working. Install all the driver updates you can. Most are found on the Foxconn website, but for the audio driver, check the chip manufacturers website - Google Realtek ALC888S Driver. Also, for video drivers go to AMD directly, search for A350 Drivers and it will include the video drivers for the HD6310.
Once I finally got it setup, it was still a bit quirky. A few times it wouldn't wake from sleep, or it would wake, but the audio would drop out or the Ir receiver would not function (not sure if it was the IR receiver or the NTA350). Nothing major, but when you want something to just work, it was a bit aggravating. One last quirk is the system speaker (just a small single speaker) while helpful if you don't have it connected to a home theater has a nasty "pop" when going to sleep. It's a nice indicator, but doesn't sound good...first time I thought I'd done busted a capacitor it was that loud.
However, after the latest driver installs and updates, everything the last few weeks has been great. When first waking the system it takes a few seconds to fully wake. Maybe a SSD would speed that up, but it's not a big deal. Once it's fully awake transitions from screen to screen are fast and accurate. Loading a recorded TV show is fast, skipping, ff, rw etc all work great.
95% of the time it works well for what I want it to do.
CPU Type: AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core).Onboard Video: AMD Radeon HD 6310.North Bridge: AMD Hudson D1Memory slot: 1 x 204Pin Memory Type Supported: 4GB.Front USB: 2 x USB 3.0.Serial ATA: 1 x SATA 3.0Gb/s..
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