Little did I know that not watching this video would have saved me so much time and frustration. Either you guys don't know the difference between an M.2 drive and an NVME drive or you never actually did an reinstallation of Chrome os. The Asus Chromebox 3 is NOT compatible with NVME drives, only M.2 drives, I found this out after watching your video and trying to figure out why I couldn't reinstall Chrome os on 3 different nvme drives. Used an M.2 and it reinstalled just fine. Asus website tells you that this device is only compatible with M.2 drives. Knowing the difference between an M.2 drive and an NVME drive is beginner IT stuff.
yeah makes me wonder too they say it NVME, but probably it is still NGFF M.2 drive, they could probably put a link to where yo get the drive they are using or specs in a website to clear doubts
Great video but one key part of the process was left out. There was mention of a flash drive later on but no guidance as to what is required, which would seem to be quite a vital part of the overall process.
yep I assume that was a spare drive for "chrome OS recovery utility" because you cannot just pop out and insert a new ssd, there is no OS to boot from, probably they want to save time in recording
Thanks for an easy and useful video. The paperclip pin (above the lock on the right side of the box) is a helpful key for downloading the ChromeOS instead of pressing ESC+Refresh keys. You still need to download ChromeOS which is missing in this video.
One info I learnt. I was wondering how they replace smaller form M.2 --- which came defaul with the Box ---- with larger 2280 M.2 .. You just explained just remove and replace Screw at a different place . Thanks. Does your Model support both SATA and NVMe M.2 form factors or just NVMe ????
Thanks that was helpful as I am about to go through the same process on the same machine. I got it cheap on eBay because the seller thinks it is stuck in Enterprise Enrollment but I have a chap locally who reflashes the ROM for me to latest version sans Enterprise. I was not aware that the CN65 can take such a large SSD, physically and mentally so that is good to know and will inform my buying decision, maybe nothing as I have a spare M2 2280 500Gb by Crucial doing nothing. Really helpful, so thanks a lot.
Awesome! I dont think you need to flash the rom. Enterprise enrollment is just part of the machine and can be worked around. I think you hold CTRL+ALT+H to make it go away? It's been years since we've messed with these so i dont remember off the top of my head. I am pretty confident there is an easy work around though without a ROM flash.
@@computerheadquarters OK thanks, when it's delivered I will try control+Alt+H before spending money on a rom flash. I have seen several ideas on removing the EE but none worked on a CN62
I did a less extreme verison - 16mb / 128gb - Question: how can I evaluate the idea of going further - what can I measure on my existing rig to decide if there's value in going with more ram/ssd?
I want to upgrade ASUS Chromebox 4 to 32gig RAM and 4TB storage 😁but I cannot find anyone who has done it, anybody know something about that as far as what kind of memory to buy?
Little did I know that not watching this video would have saved me so much time and frustration.
Either you guys don't know the difference between an M.2 drive and an NVME drive or you never actually did an reinstallation of Chrome os.
The Asus Chromebox 3 is NOT compatible with NVME drives, only M.2 drives, I found this out after watching your video and trying to figure out why I couldn't reinstall Chrome os on 3 different nvme drives. Used an M.2 and it reinstalled just fine.
Asus website tells you that this device is only compatible with M.2 drives.
Knowing the difference between an M.2 drive and an NVME drive is beginner IT stuff.
yeah makes me wonder too they say it NVME, but probably it is still NGFF M.2 drive, they could probably put a link to where yo get the drive they are using or specs in a website to clear doubts
Yes, I can confirm, I tried an NVME in mine, the firmware finds and identifies it but you can't boot with one.
I was wrong, I was able to get a 4TB NVME working by doing a fresh install from a USB.I have the i7 model.
@@etechelectrical686 I looked it up. The Celeron versions don't support nvme. The I3 I5 and I7 do though.
Great video but one key part of the process was left out. There was mention of a flash drive later on but no guidance as to what is required, which would seem to be quite a vital part of the overall process.
yep I assume that was a spare drive for "chrome OS recovery utility" because you cannot just pop out and insert a new ssd, there is no OS to boot from, probably they want to save time in recording
Thanks for an easy and useful video. The paperclip pin (above the lock on the right side of the box) is a helpful key for downloading the ChromeOS instead of pressing ESC+Refresh keys. You still need to download ChromeOS which is missing in this video.
One info I learnt.
I was wondering how they replace smaller form M.2 --- which came defaul with the Box ---- with larger 2280 M.2 ..
You just explained just remove and replace Screw at a different place .
Thanks.
Does your Model support both SATA and NVMe M.2 form factors or just NVMe ????
Thanks that was helpful as I am about to go through the same process on the same machine.
I got it cheap on eBay because the seller thinks it is stuck in Enterprise Enrollment but I have a chap locally who reflashes the ROM for me to latest version sans Enterprise.
I was not aware that the CN65 can take such a large SSD, physically and mentally so that is good to know and will inform my buying decision, maybe nothing as I have a spare M2 2280 500Gb by Crucial doing nothing.
Really helpful, so thanks a lot.
Awesome! I dont think you need to flash the rom. Enterprise enrollment is just part of the machine and can be worked around. I think you hold CTRL+ALT+H to make it go away? It's been years since we've messed with these so i dont remember off the top of my head. I am pretty confident there is an easy work around though without a ROM flash.
@@computerheadquarters OK thanks, when it's delivered I will try control+Alt+H before spending money on a rom flash. I have seen several ideas on removing the EE but none worked on a CN62
Cool video & Bloopers at the end were amazing!
Great information. Very clear, easy to follow.
thanks!
Is it possible to upgrade the processor on Chromebox 3? If yes, which is latest processor compatible with it?
What's the word on the ASUS CN60? Does it require the 2242 SATA SSD or can it work with an nvme SSD? Thanks
I did a less extreme verison - 16mb / 128gb - Question: how can I evaluate the idea of going further - what can I measure on my existing rig to decide if there's value in going with more ram/ssd?
Hi
I tried it in Chromebox 3 and the recovery doesn't install
Q: how do u set the ram clk speed?
or dose chrome os auto set it to best clk?
Can you upgrade ssd on new ASUS "Chromebox 4"?
After reinstall the fan is loud
not clear..
Please explain
I want to upgrade ASUS Chromebox 4 to 32gig RAM and 4TB storage 😁but I cannot find anyone who has done it, anybody know something about that as far as what kind of memory to buy?
Did you find out? Ask Mr Google a few questions...
@@philiptownsend4026 couldn't find anything on it so I made my own video about it and did it myself, ua-cam.com/video/_MaAyWFrSWI/v-deo.html
lol electronics emit harmful gases?Or don't you want to spit on it?
Holy!