i have a bunch of those, could be a jetway or something

yeah the case and the psu are worth more than the mobo lol

you can probably straight up upgrade it to a q1900/j3160 if you wanna stick with that atom profile but want quad core

internal

It can support 2 sat and one ide

Which is why I want to use it as a file server

Make 3 sata

But annoyingly I don't think it powers on with desktop HDDs

you tried a desktop psu or variable psu and no dice eh

I only have that variable 12V that does 2.25A

whatever you do don't throw out the case cause it's worth more than the mobo lol

is there eSATA on mobo?

"you ain't seen nothing yet.mp3"

prolly not

No eSata

oh there's pciX

you could add eSATA on pciX, or usb 3.0 and use an external enclosure

and then run a media server

second one

damn that's slick

no model number on that mobo?

TBH the reason i pulled the trigger on those Dell fx160s was kinda the same issue you're running into now

It's a eMachines mobo

With a single core Atom 230 onboard

the cost of case and psu to play with older atoms is more than the cost of a whole new system

otoh the case is worth it if you want to house a newer atom and invest in a picopsu

the quad core atoms are really great value

also you get hdmi on a newer mobo and you reap the benefits of that nice itx case

you can salvage the older atom mobo by putting it into an old power-hungry machine like an amd or whatever atx case

i'm gonna run over and check the amperage on my picopsu brick brb

nvm here https://www.amazon.com/Power-Supply-PicoPSU-110-240vAC-Switching/dp/B0081S1YEE

60W should be fine but even then that's 5A rite

you're probably short on power; try booting it with just ram and board no drives?

it's odd since my atom doesn't use more than 10W of power

Yeah but, New Zealand

and Amazon

right right not telling you to buy that hah

just telling you what the power unit looks like

usually 90W adapter but it's odd if your variable is putting out 2.25A it.. it should be okay?