This is for the Intel NUC6CAYH that became Jacinth: serno G6AY 7490 03GD,
MAC address f4:4d:30:69:e2:1c .
When the new machine was received, I checked out these features.
In summary, every one of the features that the machine was supposed
to have, performed with no hassle out of the box, with one exception.
| Does it boot at all? | Box
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| | Yes, it boots the installed
kernel with no problems. This is OpenSuSE Tumbleweed, kernel 4.14.12.
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| Processor: Intel Celeron J3455 | Box
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| | Cores | 4
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| | Technology | 14nm
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| | Nominal clock speed | 1.5GHz
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| | Turbo clock speed (1 core) | 2.3GHz
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| | Minimum clock speed | 0.8GHz
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| | Bogomips | 2995
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| | Jimc's benchmark (SHA-512, Mb/sec), per core | 101.7
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| | Playing MPEG-4 1080p video (VLC) | 10.3%
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| Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 500 (12 execution units)
| Box
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| | Using the HDMI port, with a 1920x1080px
display (1080p), the machine can perform MPEG-2 and H.264 encoded media
with no problems: way more than enough CPU power and no dropped frames.
I'm assuming without proof that the GPU is doing the decoding. But see
below about the sound.
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| Memory | Box
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| | Memory parameters reported by memtest86+ and /proc/meminfo:
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| | L1 Cache size | 24K
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| | L1 Cache speed (byte/sec) | 3.74e10
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| | L2 Cache size (per core?) | 1024K
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| | L2 Cache speed (byte/sec) | 1.97e10
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| | L3 Cache size | None
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| | L3 Cache speed (byte/sec) | --
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| | RAM on this machine | 2 x 4Gb
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| | Main RAM speed (byte/sec) | 5.63e9
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| | Video RAM reservation (estimated) | 256Mb
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| | Sockets for RAM | 2
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| | Installable memory limit (total) | 8Gb
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| Disc | Box
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| |
Seagate Barracuda 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 128 MB
Cache 2.5-Inch Internal Notebook Hard Drive, model ST500LM030
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| LAN | Box
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| | Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 gigabit ethernet
(IEEE 802.3), r8169 driver. Our net is limited to 100Mbit/sec.
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| Wi-fi | N.T.
|
| | Intel Wireless-AC 3168 (802.11-ac and
backward compatible with b/g/n), iwlwifi driver. Not tested.
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| Bluetooth | N.T.
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| | Intel 8087:0aa7 on USB, part of
the Intel Wireless-AC 3168. Not tested.
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| Audio
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| | Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom
E3900 Series Audio Cluster |
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| | Driver: snd_hda_intel | Box
|
| | Analog stereo codec: tested and works through the
3.5mm phone jack. But there's a quirk: when the playback program
finishes and closes the output device it appears to disconnect from
its output, and the amplifier receives 60Hz hum.
| Quirk
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| | S/PDIF on HDMI:
Unable to test. Beware, there is buggy firmware in the
internal Display Port to HDMI converter that prevents sound on
Linux, and the patch requires Windows. | Fail
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| | Microphone: not tested, but volume control is
present. | N.T.
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| USB Ports | Box
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| | One bus with controllers for USB-2.0 (EHCI,
480Mbit/sec) and USB-3.0 (XHCI, 5Gbit/sec); standard devices (12Mbit/sec)
are handled by the EHCI controller also. All external ports do USB-3.0;
2 ports in front (one for charging ), 2 in rear.
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| Infrared Receiver | Box
|
| | ITE 8708 Infrared Remote Transceiver
using the ite_cir driver. The sensor is to the left of the USB ports.
The acronym CIR is
used in Intel literature to describe this device. Used with a
Philips ElectroHome remote control, it loads the rc_rc6_mce protocol
handler and delivers keysyms acceptable to MythTV. See my
writeup on configuring the remote control.
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| Special Features
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| | Auto boot when power returns (turn on in BIOS)
| Conf
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| | Wake on LAN from S3 or S5 | Box
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| | Wake on realtime clock from S3 or S5 | Box
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| | Wake on LAN or RTC from S4 (turn on in BIOS)
| Conf
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| | Watchdog (present but not tested) | N.T.
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| | PXE boot (attempts PXE, but server lacks boot file)
| N.T.
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| Suspend and Wake | Box
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| | By default, the machine wakes or boots on all of USB,
realtime clock, and LAN. USB wakeup can be turned off in the BIOS.
Wake on infrared can be turned on.
Times to suspend / wake, in seconds:
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| | S3 (suspend to RAM) | 2/3 sec
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| | S4 (hibernate to disc) | 20/41 sec
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| | S5 (power off and reboot) | 10/118 sec
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| | Onboard devices including graphics can suspend and wake successfully.
|
| | The Hauppauge HTV-950q and 1950 TV capture devices (USB) do not
suspend cleanly to S3 or S4 due to a driver or firmware bug.
| Fail
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| Power consumption, not including
Hauppauge HTV-950q (2W)
| OK
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| | S5, S4 (power off, hibernate) | 0W
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| | Booting up | 9-12W
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| | S3 (suspended to RAM) | 3W
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| | Idle | 8W
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| | Maxed out, one core | 11W
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| | Maxed out, 4 cores | 16W
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| | Playing MPEG-4 1080p video (VLC) | 11W
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