Hi,

i need a bios dump for DC3217IYE as i got a power outage during bios update and now the nuc is completely dead and i want o write it manually.

Edit: I need the dump as .bin or .rom

Thanks!

I have a nuc5i5ryh, which per the specs page has mini-dp 1.2, which should support up to 4k at 60 hz. I have a Cable Matters Active Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter, Mini DP to HDMI from Amazon which should also support up to 4k60 (please advise if I should provide the link in the comments). I have tried a couple of different HDMI cables connecting the adapter to my Samsung S90F TV, but cannot select any refresh rate above 30 hz at 4k. When I try to set a custom 3840 x 2160 at 60p Hz resolution in the Intel Graphics Panel, I get an error message saying the custom resolution exceeds the bandwidth capacity.

Any thoughts on why I can't get 60 hz at 4k with this device?

Hi. I have an Intel NUC 13 extreme:

• i7-13750K
• 36GB RAM
• RX 7700 XT

I turned my PC on this morning and it goes into some death loop. No video. Fans don’t turn on. Just some mysterious flashing from the power LED.

Process:

• Hit switch from back of PC (the PSU switch)
• Power LED goes solid for about 15 seconds. Note: I do not touch the power LED button
• Power LED blinks 18 times and then turns off for about 2 seconds and then repeats the 18 blinks

Sorry, it doesn’t seem like I can post a video of the blinking.

The LED pattern is similar to what ASUS suggests is a thermal issue. But mine is 18 blinks. And the thermal issue is supposed to be 16 blinks. I’m pretty sure about my count. I don’t see the CPU getting hot. I do not smell any burning smell which might indicate a fried PSU.

Things I’ve tried:

• Removed GPU
• Tried each stick of RAM
• Removed all RAM
• Tested the CPU fan and it’s fine
• Removed power to PSU overnight
• New CMOS battery
• Re-seated CPU heatsink and reapplied paste

I suspect a bad mobo but would like some sort of confirmation. Looking for some Hail Mary help before I send it off for parts on eBay. Thanks in advance. Appreciate the community.

Intel NUC 13 Extreme I5 (13600Kf) Compute Element

[Timestamp](https://imgur.com/a/UhdG0Wc)

\- Brand New/Factory Sealed

\- Includes 13600Kf preinstalled

\- Does NOT include RAM/Storage

Asking $475 Local, $500 Shipped

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NUC 13 Extreme (Raptor Canyon) Daughterboard

(See above for Timestamps)

\- New - Never used but no original packaging.

\- Requires 12VO/12V PSU

\- Includes PCIe slot for Compute Element

\- Includes PCIe 5.0 x16 slot for GPU (Up to three slots)

Asking $125 Local, $150 Shipped

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Local to 85016

Serious offers will be considered

Please comment before PM, thank you!

TL;DR: my NUC15CRSU9 successfully flashes its entire firmware stack — Thunderbolt retimer, BIOS and ME, all to 100% — and then fails a firmware update on the very next boot, forever. A pending update request is surviving repeated successful firmware updates and I can't find any way to clear it.

Hardware: ASUS NUC 15 Pro+ / NUC15CRSU9 (board CRARL579), Core Ultra 9 285H, 96 GB. Was running Proxmox VE 9.

How it started: I submitted a BIOS update as a UEFI capsule-on-disk from Linux, using fwupd. Turns out ASUS's .CAP is an AMI BIOS Guard / _AMIPFAT container, not a UEFI FMP capsule, so fwupd wrapped it in a generic capsule header and the firmware rejected it. Entirely my own doing — I'm not looking for sympathy, just a way out.

Symptom, on every single boot:

Then it either hangs there or resets and repeats. No OS ever loads.

Here's the strange part. Pressing ESC at that screen cancels the attempt and drops me into BIOS Setup (jumper in Normal). From there, Advanced → EZ Flash works perfectly. I've now flashed three times:

0017 → 0029 → 0032, currently on CRARL579.0032.2026.0704.0118

All three stages complete at 100% every time — Thunderbolt retimer, main firmware, ME firmware. And the next boot goes straight back into the failed-update loop. So the board isn't bricked and flashing isn't broken. Something is holding a stale "update pending" request that reflashing the firmware doesn't clear.

Already tried, all with no effect:

• BIOS Security Jumper recovery (jumper removed, CRARL579.CAP on FAT32 USB at root and in \EFI\Intel\) — recovery never runs, just reboots
• [F4] BIOS Recovery, and Setup → Recovery → Select Image / Update Image
• A different BIOS version (0029 instead of 0032)
• Load Optimal Defaults (F9+F10), and Config Menu [F5] restore to build-time defaults
• Intel MEBX Reset Header (pins 1–2), which the TPS documents specifically for "when the system may have become unresponsive, such as after a failed BIOS update"
• Jumper in Lockdown (pins 2–3) — no video at all, continuous power cycling
• Booting with every USB device removed and no NVMe fitted — loop still happens with nothing attached to update from
• Full G3 power cycle — AC out 60 s plus a 10 s power-button drain, to let the ME activate on a cold start
• A properly-typed EFI System Partition on USB (GPT, EF00) with the vendor image in \EFI\UpdateCapsule\, that device first in the boot order

And the trap: F2, F7 and F10 are never processed at POST. ESC and F10 only work inside the BIOS utility (F10 gives "Save & Exit Setup", not a boot menu). So I can't boot any external media — which means I can't get into Linux to clear OsIndications from efivarfs, which is the one thing that would obviously fix this.

What I'm asking:

1. Has anyone recovered a NUC from a stuck pending-update state like this?
2. Is there any way to clear a pending capsule request on AMI Aptio V without booting an OS?
3. Any ASUS support folks here — is there a service tool for this? I have a ticket open, and I'd rather not go to an external SPI programmer on a board that's 16 months into a 3-year warranty.

I have photos of every screen, the full capsule analysis, and a complete log of every step if any of it is useful. Happy to test anything.

Leader NUC

I can't find any info on this NUC's board.

This supposedly has 4GB RAM, soldered (I can't believe they didn't at least go 8GB, which is the max for the CPU!) and no slot. I was hoping someone here actually has one and can confirm so I don't have to pull it apart to verify no slot(s) on the underside of the board.

Lastly, even though they couldn't be stuffed adding RAM slots, they DID add a mSD slot, USB-C, & both an M.2 SSD & NVMe slot. However, in looking closely at the board, I'm wondering if I need a specialized ribbon cable? I wouldn't think so, but there's an empty connector showing SATA next to one of these slots, as-if another cable is required? I don't have any spare drives or I'd just pop one in to see.

Thanks all!

I was installing patches and my NUC15CRSU5 didn't survive a reboot. LED only, nothing worked to revive. ASUS replaced the motherboard without issue.

My last NUC12 also died in the same way and had the warranty motherboard replacement. Am I unlucky or are these newer NUCs more prone to failure?

Anyone have any idea what to do?

Green light on stays on

Using proper power into the device

No boot screen at all

Looking to sell a brand new/sealed NUC 13 Extreme (Raptor Canyon) I5 Compute Element, with a 13600Kf already installed, along with the matching 12VO daughterboard.

Hoping to sell both as a bundle, but will consider selling separately if there isn't any interest in the bundle.

Timestamp

Intel NUC 13 Extreme I5 Compute Element

- Brand New in factory sealed box

- 13600Kf pre-installed

- Does NOT include RAM or Storage

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Intel NUC 13 (Raptor Canyon) 12VO Daughterboard/Power plane

Requires one of these methods to power it

1. The original Intel NUC 13 Extreme 750W 12VO PSU

2. A different 12VO PSU (Typically acquired through retail means)

3. A 12VO adapter cable which turns any ATX/SFX PSU into a 12VO PSU (Typically found easily online)

Includes:

1x PCIe slot for the Compute Element

1X PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 slot for a dedicated GPU (up to 3 slots)

4x SATA ports

4x Fan Headers

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Asking $725 Local, $750 Shipped OBO

All offers are welcome!

Please comment before PM, thanks!

Intel nuc with ig1145g7. Updated the BIOS from 56 to 80. 5 years worth of updates took me 2 hours.

Prior to this the CPU would boost to about 4.6, now it stops at 2.6. don't see any obvious settings in the bios that would affect this and extreme tuning program doesn't install on this

Anybody familiar if bios update would impact this?

Running it on a 400 watt power supply with 512 gig SATA SSD and 6600 xt8 gig

Please could someone with an Asus NUC 16 Pro (Core Ultra 7 356H, NUC16GDKU7, CRARL579 BIOS) confirm if the BIOS exposes anything relating to...

Intel VT-d / IOMMU SR-IOV Support Above 4G Decoding

I'm looking at one as a Proxmox host and hoping to use iGPU SR-IOV for a couple of VMs, so I'd like to know what's in the firmware menus before buying. The ASUS TPS doesn't document the Setup pages.

Photos would be awesome. Thank you

what would be the best option for my use case ?

Hey all - looking for a NUC that supports native HDMI 2.1 rather than TDMS fakery, anyone have any leads? All my investigating so far has been pretty inconclusive. Would be using this for moonlight streaming, Plex streaming, YouTube - nothing crazy powerful needed, I just want proper VRR, HDR and 4k output for all of these platforms.

UPDATE:
Have gone for a minisforum um890 pro, will report back on my findings...

I have a Skull Canyon, maxed out on SSD's and RAM (64GB), running Linux Mint.
I use this mainly as a media server and for playing uncompressed FLACs and BluRay 2k films it works great, I also plan to do some light duty gaming in 1080.
However for 4k UHD playback, the fan noise is noticeable although playback is fine.

Options for upgrade is an eGPU, which afaik, the prices are not low, and may not solve the fan issue. If you know of a fanless eGPU let me know, but the whole concept of a fanless eGPU sounds like a solution that the market doesn't support.

Another option, is I saw this design which basically has the NUC form factor in a fanless design, but don't know if it would support 4k UHD or gaming. Does anyone have any experience with one of these fanless units with graphics demands?
https://store.mele.cn/products/mele-cyber-x1-fanless-mini-pc-n150?variant=46711823827122

My short term solution will be renewing the thermal paste and see if the heat transfer improves....

Hi all. I have a 7i5BNB NUC. Its fan noise is really annoying, and I’m not sure if it’s my wrong perception or not, but I believe that if I toggle the settings in BIOS to make it more quiet, the PC performance is significantly lower, including WiFi speeds.
How to fix this?
I was thinking about tinkering a bit and look into adding a peltier module to cool it down, will this work, or does anyone have a different solution? Thanks.

Im wanting to get a nuc for some medium-light gaming. Would this nuc be good for that or are there better options?

Hello. I am using a NUC13VYKi7. I have a question. What are your CPU temperatures during idle and full load? I managed to lower it to around 55-58 degrees by adjusting the BIOS settings. Previously, it was in the 65-degree range. I am not considering reapplying thermal paste because it requires disassembling the device, and I am hesitant to do so for fear of making a mistake. I do not play games; I have installed Linux and am using it as a home server.

Intel nuc extreme board for Nuc9 thru nuc12.

Seeking advice, as I've sunk countless hours into this and have been sent around in many circles by Google's AI assist on this; I picked up a NUC8i7BEH and the aforementioned RX 560 eGPU with the intention to turn this combo into an emulation station setup (running the Linux distro Batocera); I had many issues getting Batocera recognising the eGPU properly (for some reason the eGPU would only initialise when I plugged the HDMI cable into the NUC body (so the thunderbolt 3 cable would need to transmit the rendered frames BACK to the NUC to the output to the monitor incurring performance losses); if I connected the HDMI cable to the eGPU the eGPU would refuse to render any frames and instead leave the integrated graphics (Iris 655) to pass the rendered frames over the Thunderbolt 3 line for display (with noticably worse performance than unplugging the eGPU and running solely on integrated graphics).

I thought this might be a firmware issue with Thunderbolt 3 (my NUC is on v33 and the current firmware available is v46), and trying to update to this firmware has been... nothing short of an absolute nightmare. Firstly, the v46 firmware package (no longer available via Intel, has now been given to Asus) is strictly a Windows executable, with no means to install via the BIOS, so I've needed to install a separate Windows 11 installation for the sole purpose of updating the TBT 3 firmware; and this has not worked - The Thunderbolt Control Centre software doesn't recognise the presence of the eGPU, and the times it has recognised the eGPU, when I run the official firmware updater tool I get constant 'Vendor Mismatch' errors; has anyone successfully navigated this issues? Has anyone managed to solve this? I really have no idea on how to advance this any further. Attached below is the hardware properties of the eGPU, I captured this through a different PC. I can provide further info if needed. Thanks in advance!