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Computer Collection: HP t610 plus Thin Client

About

This was my first thin client that I bought for the express purpose of using as a pfSense router. Unfortunately it didn't end well as the PSU I bought for it failed within the week, making it a brick. It refused to accept any other power supply I had around for HP machines, meaning it was a brick, I ended up binning it, as much as I didn't want to.

To this day (November 6th 2023) I haven't run pfSense or OPNsense as my router software again. I instead flashed OpenWRT to a Linksys MR8300.

Specs

CPU: AMD G-T56N SoC (2C/2T, 1.65GHz, 18W TDP)

RAM: 4GB (?) DDR3 1333MHz

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6320

DOM: Apacer 16GB SATA

SSD: Some 2.5" SATA SSD I had laying around at the time

OS: pfSense Community Edition

PSU: Sad HP 90W

PCIe: Intel PRO/1000 Server Gigabit Ethernet Card

Trivia

It was the easiest of all three thin clients I've owned to get into, only needing a pull of a plastic release tab and lifting the metal inside piece out.
Unlike most of my machines there is only a single photo that seems to have survived of it.
It demands a specific amperage power supply, running at 19 volts 5-something amps. It will refuse to POST and beep angrily at you otherwise.

Gallery

The HP t610 plus tucked into its home underneath the router table (June 2020)