Original review from HDPLEX fanless HTPC case forum
Finally had time to put my HDPLEX H3.SODD passive HTPC case together yesterday. Used an ASROCK motherboard, i3-2125 CPU, & SSD. All went well except 2 issues.
1. The Power & LED cables provided were just short of being able to reach the connectors on the ASROCK H67M-ITX which is on the extreme corner of the motherboard. Didn’t have any spare ones around so had to splice in a couple more inches to reach the connectors.
2. System didn’t power up. After removing un-needed components, with no success, I tried a spare ATX power supply I had and it booted right off. After a couple of voltage measurements, I found the power harness was at fault. Most of the wires coming off the 12 pin connector have a single wire which is spliced off into multiple wires. The Yellow wire was the exception where the tried to force 2 wires into the 12 pin connector. One of these wires was not making contact. I removed the second wire and spliced it in further up the wire and everything started to work.
System is working fine now. Idle power hovering in the 38-42 range with 50’s under peak load. Need to finish up loading Windows 7 32-bit and hook it up via HDMI to my TV.
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