After installing Memory and 120 GB SSD and connecting Screen and keyboard on this impressive little box I was looking forward to install Debian Linux to turn it into a little server.
I pushed in my USB pen drive that I used for Debian installations.
However when I switched on a unreadable message flickered on the screen.
Since the NUC does not come with any OS installation instructions I googled and found http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-033935.htm:
"This Intel NUC originally shipped from the factory with BIOS version 0015. You must first upgrade the system BIOS to version 0025 or later to successfully install an operating system."
Say what?
The factory setup is not able to do any useful application. This is mad. You must be joking.
What then follows is a myriad of confusing and contradicting pages with none of them providing links.
To begin with, you could provide a link to the download site with the message above.
I turned back to the Monitor problem. What looked like "No Signal" from the DVI Monitor turned out to be the unreadable "out of range" message.
Maybe the resolution of my old NEC LCD1970GX is not good enough. But I am only need a monitor to install once, then ssh to it, and all my other Hardware are MacBooks.
What suppose to be a strait forward and enjoyable experience turned out to be an horrific nightmare.
Any suggestions on how to fix DVI "out of range" ?
Cheers
Mike
P.S: You should look to Apple how to provide a good user experience. They know how to do it.