Chrome OS installation on a Intel Atom x5-Z8300

[Patrick Pfister]

has anybody installed a Chrome OS and created a "Chromebit" on an Intel Atom X5-Z8300, Asus VivoStick TS10 Z8350 or similar? 

The Asus Chromebit CS10 only has 1 USB port and connecting a USB port replicator kind of defeats the purpose of a small classroom "computer".

I am playing with the idea of creating simple and cost effective computing for Primary Classrooms on a "non mobile" desktop.

any hints would be appreciated

[Jake Wills]

We've got a lot of Asus Eee PCs running Chrome OS (Neverware CloudReady)... which is working great for us, but they all have more than 1 USB port.

You could always get a keyboard with a built in USB port to connect the mouse to?

[Patrick Pfister]

Eee PCs are little netbook though aren't they? we only have of those left, so am not trying to "refurbish" hardware but finding a slick "stick" solution.

Thanks for the hint on USB port on keyboard

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 7:30 AM Jake Wills <jake....@kc.school.nz> wrote:

We've got a lot of Asus Eee PCs running Chrome OS (Neverware CloudReady)... which is working great for us, but they all have more than 1 USB port.

You could always get a keyboard with a built in USB port to connect the mouse to?

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[Jake Wills]

Sorry... wasn't clear... we have the EeePC Boxes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_EeeBox_PC

ASUS does make a chromebit stick already though:

https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/asus-chromebit-cs10/

Note this is a link to the US store (not sure if you can get them in NZ)

Again, only has one USB Port though

[Patrick Pfister]

ahh, that makes more sense... I have never seen the Eeeboxes, but thee EeePCs were a runner many years ago!

The CS10's are really cheaply available in NZ, PBtech e.g. sells them for around $164+ but in order to future proof I would like 4GB of memory and preferably 2+ USB ports directly from device, and there are Asus stick PCs out there, but could not find any confirmation that you could squeeze a chromium OS on the one without OS (Linux works I know) or take the W10 stick and reformat it.

thanks for your suggestions

Patrick

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[Jake Wills]

Let me know how you get on... agree less than 4GB of RAM is not ideal.

Supported models for CloudReady can be found here:

https://guide.neverware.com/supported-devices/

Some of the ASUS devices have the Intel Atom N455 Processor

This page has a list of some models with the x5-Z8300 processor:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Atom-x5-Z8300-SoC.146643.0.html

But I couldn't find any of them on the supported list... doesn't mean it won't work though... the model of EeePC we are using wasn't on the list when we started.

[Patrick Pfister]

good morning

just wanted to let you know that I have been in contact with several suppliers of chrombits and stick-computers and came off the idea of using them. Apparently they are very nifty and wonderful for quick and temporary use, such as quickly create a online meeting environment with limited hardware - but they are unreliable and burn out (heat) if used and plugged in for a long time... such as in a classroom.

Am now experimenting with cloudready on HP 20" AIO and quite happy - apart of the cost per machine it seems to be a viable way to maybe get a year or two more out of these old computers

thanks for sharing your thinking

have a great day

Patrick

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[Steve Smith]

Hi Patrick,

A good solution for you may be to use Neverware which installs Chrome OS on pretty much any machine.

Information can be found at https://www.neverware.com/edu#cloudready-for-education Neverware are very keen to support NZ educators so have a look.

Best regards

Steve Smith

Google for Edu NZ

[Ben Aghion]

Thanks for the shout-out Steve!

Patrick, you're already familiar of course from the computers you converted, but we should talk about this. 

A lot of folks have used SFF desktops or even Intel Compute Sticks for small-footprint desktops. Others choose to use regular desktops, and the list of certified models is here for your review: guide.neverware.com/supported-devices

Email me directly if you have any questions or need any further help. 

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[Patrick Pfister]

Thanks everyone - this challenge is already quite some time ago... we since found neverware and are using it successfully!

All good

Cheers

Patrick

Em@il on the way

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