FS Intel Nuc 5i3RYK used as Roon Rock -------SOLD

[Gaspar74]

Intel Nuc 5i3RYK Nuc with power supply I was using as Roon rock. Has a i5 Intel chip 8gb ram and 32gb SSD drive. Worked flawlessly as a Roon Rock. slight scratches here and there but other than that good to go.
110 shipped in Cont USA Paypal payment. any questions please dont hesitate.

 

[mikesclsh]

Sorry to resurrect an old and done thread, but I have this exact model and have no luck at all getting ROCK on it.

I can install ROCK on the M.2 SSD, but the NUC won't boot from it at all... under either UEFI or Lecagy mode.

Any tips? Any suggestions welcome.

 

[Apesbrain]

Any suggestions welcome.

Do any of the "Other important notes on hardware support" apply?

 

[mikesclsh]

Do any of the "Other important notes on hardware support" apply?

I do not believe so. The NUC has latest BIOS, 128GB M.2 SATA and 4GB RAM. The NUC boots fine when I run Windows on it, same hardware.

 

[Apesbrain]

The NUC boots fine when I run Windows on it, same hardware.

As a fallback can you run Roon server for Windows?

 

[mikesclsh]

As a fallback can you run Roon server for Windows?

Can do but would like to avoid if possible. Windows like to update itself and change things around. ROCK won't do that so much more set and forget machine.

OP have the exact same model and got it to work, so maybe I'm just missing something somewhere.

 

[Apesbrain]

I'm just missing something somewhere.

If your target drive was already partitioned, that may be confusing the ROCK install. You may need to manually set your boot partition:

How to set or change boot partition flag on Linux

In this tutorial, we show how the step by step instructions to set or change the boot partition flag on a Linux system via command line and GUI.

linuxconfig.org

 

[mikesclsh]

If your target drive was already partitioned, that may be confusing the ROCK install. You may need to manually set your boot partition:

How to set or change boot partition flag on Linux

In this tutorial, we show how the step by step instructions to set or change the boot partition flag on a Linux system via command line and GUI.

linuxconfig.org

Thanks, but I used a fresh drive, so this shouldn't be partition related.

I think the issue is how to get this NUC to see the M2 under Legacy boot mode. When I installed Windows on it I can get it to boot, but only under UEFI mode. The NUC does not see the M2 as bootable under Legacy mode at all.

So was quite surprised when I saw this post. OP must have gotten the NUC to see the M2 under Legacy. That's something I haven't figured out how to do yet.

 

[Apesbrain]

The NUC does not see the M2 as bootable under Legacy mode at all.

Got it. With your NUC being on the ROCK-approved list, I assumed that there was something peculiar about your situation. It may simply be that legacy boot was removed in a BIOS update:

Intel Support

Intel® Customer Support home page

www.intel.com

Here is something interesting:

[Guide] NVMe-boot without modding your UEFI/BIOS (Clover-EFI bootloader method)

EDIT by Fernando: @all visitors of this thread: Since the thread opener Nyctophilia hasn’t been online for a very long time and his guide may not be up-to-date anymore, I recommend to read >this< additional statement written by our Forum member sibliss. Users, who have any problems or questions...

winraid.level1techs.com

 

[mikesclsh]

Got it. With your NUC being on the ROCK-approved list, I assumed that there was something peculiar about your situation. It may simply be that legacy boot was removed in a BIOS update:

Intel Support

Intel® Customer Support home page

www.intel.com

Here is something interesting:

[Guide] NVMe-boot without modding your UEFI/BIOS (Clover-EFI bootloader method)

EDIT by Fernando: @all visitors of this thread: Since the thread opener Nyctophilia hasn’t been online for a very long time and his guide may not be up-to-date anymore, I recommend to read >this< additional statement written by our Forum member sibliss. Users, who have any problems or questions...

winraid.level1techs.com

Legacy boot mode is selectable, the tick box is there and can be easily turned on/off, it's just that nothing shows up as bootable under that heading.

I've heard of other models having this option greyed out, but that's not the case with this model.