Hi I inherited some work PCs. Low power boards, cpu, 8gb..
Popped the network card in and made a bootable USB of Libreelec to make a Kodi machine.
Started it up - connected to wifi first time and used password and was connected.
Next start up it has no connections? It is like the network card was not saved and is not started up with the boot process.
I tried increasing the time for the boot to pick up the network to 60 secs. No joy.
CMOS battery is fine on the board.
Any Pro tips appreciated - explain like I am 10?
Did I need to install an OS on it first? Linux?
Would a simpler solution be a USB wifi dongle?
TP-Link TL-WN881ND 300 Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter, PCIe Network Interface Card for Desktop, Low-Profile Bracket Included, Supports Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP (32/64 bit) and Linux 2.6.24~4.1
Popped the network card in and made a bootable USB of Libreelec to make a Kodi machine.
Started it up - connected to wifi first time and used password and was connected.
Next start up it has no connections? It is like the network card was not saved and is not started up with the boot process.
I tried increasing the time for the boot to pick up the network to 60 secs. No joy.
CMOS battery is fine on the board.
Any Pro tips appreciated - explain like I am 10?
Did I need to install an OS on it first? Linux?
Would a simpler solution be a USB wifi dongle?
TP-Link TL-WN881ND 300 Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter, PCIe Network Interface Card for Desktop, Low-Profile Bracket Included, Supports Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP (32/64 bit) and Linux 2.6.24~4.1
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