I bought an Intel NUC (next unit of computing) last week to use as a
Home Theater PC (HTPC). It is a powerful
PC in a 4x4x2 inch cube that came with no operating system.
I got a Thunderbolt/DP cable to plug it into my TV. That did not work. I dug around my cable stash and found a
mini-HDMI cable. That worked. Turns out that the NUC needs an OS and and software
drivers to get the Thunderbolt port working.
HDMI is working fine.
I have wi-fi from my front room to my bedroom. That makes for a working internet connection
but is way too slow. I had a brand new Ethernet
cable that I could not get to work.
Turned out the cable was bad.
Never had a new cable fail on me before. That sucked. Bought another cable off Amazon that will be
here in two days.
I have a solid training in TCP/IP networking skills that I rarely use
beyond power-cycle the hardware or plug this into that.
I am grateful for the computer skills to turn a barebones computer into
a high-speed HTPC server. Years of academic and vocational college really comes
in handy sometimes—like when I want to watch TV faster!!!
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