Replacement NUC or similar Mini PC to simply move SSD into from current NUC11?

thereddestdog · November 25, 2024 at 8:17 AM

Long story short: There is some sort of hardware audio bug with NUC11 devices and LibreELEC, which causes the audio driver to break until I reboot the machine. Very frustrated with it, and not able to solve it (check my post history..)

Currently using the Intel NUC11PAHi3, and I want to get a new NUC or similar with which I can simply move the SATA SSD and not have to set up everything again like a fresh install. Potentially like the ASUS RNUC13ANKI30000UI for instance

Is LibreELEC picky about booting on similar x86 hardware? Anything I need to know?

**chewitt** · November 25, 2024 at 8:39 AM Best Answer

We have been using the same syslinux bootloader for aeons (unless EFI booting, but that's similar) so the drive should be movable between devices. You might need to reset the audio config afterwards as device names might/will change, but that's probably all.

thereddestdog · November 25, 2024 at 8:54 AM

Thank you!

jbinkley60 · November 25, 2024 at 11:59 PM

Quote from thereddestdog

Long story short: There is some sort of hardware audio bug with NUC11 devices and LibreELEC, which causes the audio driver to break until I reboot the machine. Very frustrated with it, and not able to solve it (check my post history..)
Currently using the Intel NUC11PAHi3, and I want to get a new NUC or similar with which I can simply move the SATA SSD and not have to set up everything again like a fresh install. Potentially like the ASUS RNUC13ANKI30000UI for instance
Is LibreELEC picky about booting on similar x86 hardware? Anything I need to know?

Good luck on whether the ASUS NUC will resolve your audio dropout issue. See my response on this thread. I've given up on the Intel platform for now and bought a Beelink with AMD. So far it's been rock solid and no dropouts.

Thanks,

Jeff

thereddestdog · November 30, 2024 at 3:06 AM

Quote from chewitt

We have been using the same syslinux bootloader for aeons (unless EFI booting, but that's similar) so the drive should be movable between devices. You might need to reset the audio config afterwards as device names might/will change, but that's probably all.

Thank you, swapping over worked without a hitch!

Quote from jbinkley60

Good luck on whether the ASUS NUC will resolve your audio dropout issue. See my response on this thread. I've given up on the Intel platform for now and bought a Beelink with AMD. So far it's been rock solid and no dropouts.
Thanks,
Jeff

I can confirm that I have no more audio issues now that I moved on from my NUC11. Everything just works