Technomate TM-TWIN 4K as experienced by me...

[gorski]

Now, I did encounter a small problem, which I managed to overcome... It states one can remove the front mask/panel, whereas - for me! - it was a bit difficult, as I am not accustomed to forcefully pushing panels out of their lock... So, you may have to be a wee bit more forceful than me, the first time round, in order to dislodge the front panel from the sideways brackets...

Just follow the "Manual"... over on the other page, as well...

Tools and bits needed... (One must have 2 longish screws for the HDD...)



The layout of the box:



Managed to force the front panel open...

Be careful with the ribbon cable you need to detach from the motherboard...



Two slots from HDD screws to keep the HDD in place - must find the suitable length ones...



Now it will all fit...



Finally, make a little bigger hole above the processor's heat sink, with a slightly bigger, sharper screw, so you can screw the fan into the top cover holes (it came with one screw only, so I improvised to do it safely with 2 screws) - just above the processor's heat sink, of course...



Maybe I'll continue later...

 

[gorski]

Anyway, it came with OpenPLi and we had to remedy that, of course...

Here is how to flash it from a FAT32 formatted USB stick I put it on...

 

[gorski]

So, back then, long ago, when I got the TM boxes from the manufacturers - who were brilliant, btw!!! - I was testing PurE2 v. 6.5 first...

Quickly, these are the relevant pieces of info of this very capable box...

 

[ajt22]

Apologies for the random question way after the initial post. For context, I've just upgraded the HDD in mine, but I didn't notice how the fan was secured. I can't see from your photos - can you tell me what that single screw (in the fan) is connected to? I can't find anything that it fits to. Thanks

 

[Joe_90]

I would imagine that he just drilled a hole (or holes) through the top of the case. There are standard screws with a coarse thread that will screw into the plastic fan holes.

 

[ajt22]

Seems logical, I just couldn't find the "standard" was as the fan dropped off in my hand and I can't find how to put it back

 

[Joe_90]

They are M5, self tapping. Just google "screws for case fan".

 

[adm]

Apologies for the random question way after the initial post. For context, I've just upgraded the HDD in mine, but I didn't notice how the fan was secured. I can't see from your photos - can you tell me what that single screw (in the fan) is connected to? I can't find anything that it fits to. Thanks

Cable ties. Not the expensive thick nylon ones but the cheaper thin ones that are very flexible. This is what I did on my previous Topfield PVR.

If adding an additional fan find a low noise fan that runs at a slow speed or use a series resistor to slow down the fan speed. Running a fan just above its stall speed will reduce the internal temperature of the box by around 10C (assuming that you don't put the box in a stack of other heat generating equipment.