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iamdarkyoshi
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Well

 

I've obtained an intel atom ITX board, and I soldered on the missing 1x PCIE slot on the bottom. It came from an elo POS machine, which is why it didn't have a populated slot there.

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Clearing those holes of solder was NOT easy at all.

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So I've installed a secondary NIC, I plan to use it for pfSense.

 

And the best part?

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Only 12 watts! No fans!

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  1. captain_to_fire

    captain_to_fire

    Are you making a build guide?

  2. iamdarkyoshi

    iamdarkyoshi

    Might do a build log.

  3. Energycore

    Energycore

    @iamdarkyoshi Would you say the soldering process is hard? I've wanted to do some PCB soldering but I have no idea how hard it is

  4. iamdarkyoshi

    iamdarkyoshi

    It was just difficult getting the damn lead free solder OUT of the holes. The inner layers were heatsinking the soldering iron and preventing the entire hole of solder from melting

  5. Syntaxvgm

    Syntaxvgm

    Nice

    I need to make myself a low wattage pfsense box, though I need like at least 3 NICs, maybe more.

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