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GEEKOM IT Mini PC Intel Based Missing Drivers


Even in September, 2026, after the release of Windows 25H2 in September, 2025, and several security/OS updates, Windows 11 still lacks many Drivers for Mini PCs with AMD and Intel Chipsets. In this example, this GEEKOM Mini IT13 PC ships out with Windows 11 and even after all updates are applied, there are a few […]

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Free Micro/Mini/SFF PC Giveaway


I have quite a bit of these PCs that were traded in and have decided to gift them to anybody that subscribes to my YouTube Channel. I’ve been giving PCs away since the early 2000s and would love for these to end up in a good home instead of the E-Scrap Facility. How it works […]

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100th Mini PC Install Milestone – Best Practices


With the pressure of migrating out of Windows 10 due to the end of support, and also rising costs in Hardware due to inflation and other factors, such as a memory supply shortage, I had to seek options for myself and my clients in replacing hundreds of PCs with good performance and cost. I came […]

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Windows 11 Pro 25H2 on Dell Optiplex 7040


The Dell Optiplex 7040 is an amazing Mini or SFF PC for homelabs and even office workstations. It is flexible, offering both M2 NVMe 2280 as well as a SATA 3 drive ports. And even though this one in particular has an Intel Core i7-6700 at 3.4 GHz, a Kingston SATA SSD with 16 GB […]

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Missing Drivers for Beelink SER5 Max Mini


This is another post similar to: Although I expect the Drivers to be updated or the filenames changed, it’s very important to know where to go to download drivers for each one of these Manufacturers. The same situation happened with the Beelink SER5 Max Mini; after a Windows 11 install, several Drivers were not available […]

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MINISFORUM UM890 Pro Mini Missing Drivers


Up next we have a few Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PCs which needed drivers, very similar to many of the other Mini PCs we have already published. Below is what we found after installing Windows 11 24H2: Want to know how much power this Mini PC uses? Click here The missing Drivers and Hardware IDs […]

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GMKtec NucBox K10 Missing Drivers


Updated Links The drivers for the NucBox 10 can be downloaded hereSupport and Drivers for their other Mini PCs are listed here The zipped file above contains the following folders:10_Lan_Realtek_8125_1125.019.0704.202411_Audio_3.48.42.100312_PCI_Serial_Port_1.5.2024.091_Chipset_10.1.19899.85972_ME_2425.6.26.03_SerialIO_30.100.2417.304_Intel_GFX_31.0.101.60785_Intel_Dynamic_Tuning_9.0.11701.442816_Smart_Sound_Technology_10.29.00.109817_Intel_HID_Event_Filter_2.2.2.108_Thunderbolt_Rev939_AX201_23.60.0.1 Even though I had written about missing drivers before for Beelink, Bosgame and GMKtec Mini PCs here, here and here, with this Mini PC it […]

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Energy Usage Research on Mini PCs, SFF, ITX, and Micro Computers


Information Although there are many articles and published papers on energy consumption related to computer equipment and electronic devices, it’s almost impossible to find detailed or exact energy usage profiles based on environment, type of use and specifications. Here, you will find both: actual measurements (not averages or estimates) and also the specifications of the […]

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Beelink SER8 Missing Chipset Drives from Windows 11


Unfortunately, even with the released updates to Windows 11 (including 24H2) there are still several Drivers for these Mini PCs that are not native to the Operating System. If you plan to reinstall your Operating System (and you always should as soon as you get these types of systems in), you may struggle to find these Drivers. You can […]

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Drivers for GMKtec Ryzen Mini PCs


Unfortunately, even with the released updates to Windows 11 (including 24H2) there are still several Drivers for these Mini PCs that are not native to the Operating System. If you plan to reinstall your Operating System (and you always should as soon as you get these types of systems in), you may struggle to find […]

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