Foxconn nT330i Tests (Firewalls, Breitband Router)

Buy from a company which has some sort of support.

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Technical support and RMA department are non-existent, their official support numbers always go to voice-mails. My power adapter has stopped working and I have been trying to get a replacement but can never reach their support. Forget about filing...

For linux make sure you install the latest nvidia drivers and use "vdpau" for playback. I didn't install a HDD - I'm using a 16 GB USB stick. 8 GB should be enough though. I've heard there are problems with the wired ethernet port causing hangups in...

Great for a linux MythTV front end after some tweaking. Runs 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10 no problem on 2 GB ram. It is fast. Great picture. The wireless G actually streams 1080i content with no problem from my local back-end media server, using <10% of the...

Booting from USB on this device is a bit painful. It seems to hang for a while while loading the kernel image.... could be my USB stick I suppose. Still working on getting the device to wake up from S3 sleep using the remote

I've literally just starting using this, so time will tell how media playback goes, but for my modest purposes I suspect it will be excellent. For the price I don't think this little box can be beat.

Small, cheap, fast! I am using Corsair 4GB RAM, item #: N82E16820145600 and it works perfectly (Foxconn REALLY needs to update their RAM compatibility table or make it a wiki at least). I am booting Ubuntu 10.10 directly off a Transcend 8GB SD card,...

Opening the case was slightly unintuitive. I used the end of a metal ruler to gently pry the sides away so that the lid would come off, which is exactly what you need to do. It's not sketchy, you just have to take a little care and it's easy