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I don't understand why that would cause a reboot. Anyway, I didn't try that and now I've already shipped it back. I'm looking at maybe a Intel NUC i7. I'm going to use it to run node software.

Final update since I'm sending it back for a refund. I flashed a USB with Ubuntu 20.04 using Rufus. First, before I tried that, I wanted to try my 16GB of Corsair vengeance to see if it would perform differently. I tried both 8GB modules and it wouldn't even get the AMI bios screen. The only...

I think I'll settle on Ubuntu. I think the most recent version is 20.04. I had a book about penetration testing that recommended Kali but I think I can download any tools I might need that were included in that package.

I will take a look at those videos as soon as I can. How I'm doing it is that I have a windows desktop that I've downloaded the ISO files for ubuntu and others I want to try. I flash a USB with balena there, then take it to the miniPC and set the bios to boot with it.

I haven't tried booting without the mouse and keyboard but I do use the same mouse and keyboard on the other machine which I thought was the same specs, and I bought it from the same retailer. I don't know what wake on lan is. Is it a bios setting? I have been using balena etcher for all the...

So an update: I received a replacement unit from the retailer. Previous to that, I had taken out the SSD and installed it in my desktop which I found had a slot. I was able to boot from it with no problem after setting it first in the boot order. I thought this eliminated the SSD as the source...

I checked the RAM module and seated it in the other slot on the off chance it had something to do with it (like having two installed in my other machine as I described in my previous post). No change. I made sure the NVME was seated properly and ran a test in the BIOS that was called something...

Just checked. My secure boot is off. I'm starting to think it is something to do with the ram. My other machine had a problem where I installed two 32gb corsairs and it would not boot. Just a black screen. I took one out and it booted just fine. This one works when booted from a live usb...

That's a good idea but currently the first machine is performing a some network duties for which I don't want it to go offline yet. I'd have to schedule a time to check the bios. I'm not too optimistic of finding the problem there but ya never know I guess. I looked to thru it and didn't see any...

Any suggestion on how to format the SSD? Being a newbie at Linux, I was assuming the installer would wipe the whole drive when it set the new partition table. I guess there can still be data there. I only want one OS and one main partition. I guess my problem is I don't understand the...

I'm an inexperienced user. I have two of these machines. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GPJT5HJ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details In the first one, I installed a 2TB samsung NVME and a 32gb corsair ram. It's running Ubuntu 20.04. It's working just fine and as intended. I ordered another...