Hello! I’m new to the HA world. I recently purchased a second-hand mini PC called “Zotac GAM” (model ZBOXHD-ND01) with an Athlon processor, 4GB of RAM, and an SSD.
Here’s what I did:
I downloaded this image from the Home Assistant GitHub repository: Link.
I used a USB adapter to write this image to the SSD and then placed the SSD back into the Zotac PC.
When I start the Zotac MAG, it shows a black screen with a blinking underscore, and nothing seems to happen.
I initially thought it might be due to the PC’s speed or some background installation process, but even after an hour, it’s still stuck on the blinking underscore.
I couldn’t find any information about this issue, and I assume that the BIOS is set to UEFI since I couldn’t find an option to turn it off, and there’s no secure boot option available. I even tried installing older versions like 7.6 and 8, but I still encounter the same problem.
I would greatly appreciate any help or advice. Thanks!
Thaks! Tried over the weekend 3 times, it stills giving me a underscore flashing, I even left it “loading” overnight but nothign happened, also checked the ssd, the partitions for HA are there but it seems it cant start. Any ideas?
If you can install Debian, then at least you know you can boot the system. If you cannot boot from Debian then it is better to abandon any attempt to install HAOS on this system.
I have a Zotac here. After Halloween (my wife goes overboard) I will flash HAOS to it to test.
In the meanwhile, try flashing Linux to it. My favorite flavor is Ubuntu. This will tell you that the PC is working and you are flashing the SSD correctly.
Hi! Yes I already tried Ubuntu and it works fine. Slow but fine. Also tested Debian, and it even came with win 10 when I bought it. Have you had the chance to test in your device? I’m really out of ideas on what to try next
