What was Intel thinking?

[acidrain]

So after hours of second guessing myself and wondering why my Intel NUC was not booting, it turns out these devices are not able to boot headless, well not out the box and without spending some more money on a hack.

WTF Intel thought this was a brilliant idea is beyond me because quite frankly it's stupid.... nay beyond stupid ( 1 cell amoeba kind of stupid )

If you plan on running a headless linux server, dont go nuc.

/rant

 

[The_Other]

Thanks for the Heads UP!

They are still nice little toys.

 

[oldhat]

You may want to try something like this.

 

[mintydroid]

What version Nuc is it? My Celeron can boot into without a screen.

 

[Messugga]

I think that this is more a Linux issue than a hardware problem.
If memory serves, some Linux desktops will refuse to load by default, if the machine fails to detect a screen. There's a change you can make to x.conf (it's been a while, so this might be the wrong name) that fixes this issue. Or you can just leave a VGA cable plugged into the machine/bridge a couple of pints on the VGA port with a small resistor (Google the latter for details)

Oh wait, no VGA port on NUCs. Software hack it is then. Or try a different desktop that doesn't have the problem.

 

[mintydroid]

What version Nuc is it? My Celeron can boot into without a screen.

Edit: Meant to say Linux Mint without a screen.

 

[acidrain]

What version Nuc is it? My Celeron can boot into without a screen.

Also the celeron. DN2820FYKH. Latest BIOS.

You may want to try something like this.

Ordered one off ebay last night... now i gotta wait

Edit: Meant to say Linux Mint without a screen.

Running Ubuntu 12.04

 

[acidrain]

I think that this is more a Linux issue than a hardware problem.

At first I thought it was Linux as well but then I stumbled upon this thread, which seems to point to the NUC itself as people with even windows are experiencing it.

 

[mintydroid]

Mine is DCC847DYE