China's Mini PC Production [video]

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Amazing work being done by this company. Congratulations to their staff for pulling off what appears to be a well organized operation.

That looks like the Beelink SER8. Several months ago, I recommended one to a family member and helped them set it up. The mini PC has been working very well so far.

There was more human manual work, than in the last video about cpu-coolers, from that channel.

What I did find very fascinating was the improvised/temporary cpu-cooler applied during the first POST, in fact already under power and booting, then pressing it on the bare die with some soft TIM-foam.

Phew! Close!

But obviously works reliably enough, for that single step of production/testing.

Also using Crucial DIMMs. Couldn't recognize the SSD, though.

I had a look at their mini NAS and it can sell with a Crucial SSD. I would assume it’s the same for all of their machines.

This came up in my recommendations yesterday and I ended up losing a few hours to videos on this channel! The one thing I didn’t understand was why at ~14:00 they’re gluing the CMOS battery down!? That battery will certainly last less than the useful life of the PC. Seems like a surprising choice.

>gluing down CMOS ... seems surprising

This is because without securing the battery, it becomes the most-likely RMA reason (shipping can unseat the battery).

For the zero/one time in the computer's lifetime that it requires replacement, there's a chemical that will remove the glue's attachment.

Very good point. I know there’s a “clip” there to keep it secure, but certainly could get moved during shipping.

Glue is cheaper than a spring loaded cmos battery holder like you get on desktop boards

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