Meet the fanless eWay TK-63T and install a hard drive
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Justin James is building a low-energy UNIX server using the fanless eWay TK-63T bare bones system. Once he finishes the build, he’ll run IPCop to act as a router, gateway, virus scanner, spam filter, firewall, VPN gateway, and more. In this gallery, Justin introduces us to the eWay TK-63T and walks through the hard drive installation.
For a complete description of his experience ordering the TK-63T and installing the hard drive, check out his TechRepublic article, Get to know the versatile eWay TK-63T–and install a hard drive yourself.
The box and drive CD-ROM for the TK-63T
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Using a standard size flip-style cell phone for comparison gives a good sense of just how small the TK-63T is. The front of the unit has power and drive activity LEDs, a USB port, and the power switch.
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The TK-63T comes with a stand, four drive screws, a 2.5″ IDE cable, and Allen wrench for opening the case, and a power cord.
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The TK-63T mounted vertically in its included stand. The stand is functional, but could use a little bit more refinement.
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The rear of the TK-63T has all of the expected ports, as well as a second 10/100 NIC and a compact flash reader.
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The 2.5″ notebook drive next to a standard size flip-style cell phone for size comparison
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The TK-63T with the bottom removed
The top circuit board will need to be removed for drive installation. The metal top of the compact flash reader should be removed to ease the removal of the circuit board.
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The TK-63T with the top circuit board removed
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Alternate view of the TK-63T with the top circuit board removed
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The top circuit board with the 2.5″ hard drive attached
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These four screws on the bottom of the top circuit board secure the drive to the board.
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The top circuit board with the hard drive installed and the metal cover of the compact flash reader removed to make it easier to reinstall the board.
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The TK-63T with the top circuit board reinstalled and the hard drive mounted
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Make sure that this jumped is set to “Master” and that the hard drive is as well before resealing the unit.
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