Welcome back to the Roon ROCK installation guide.
We continue with installing the memory.
As said you only need 8 GB of RAM.
You could install either one SO-DIMM memory card of 8 GB or two of 4 GB.
If you use only one card, use the bottom position.
Line up the the small notch at the bottom edge of the SO-DIMM with the key in the socket.
Insert the bottom edge of the SO-DIM into the socket and when set properly, push down
the outer edge until the retaining clips snap into place.
If you have chosen the model that can hold an extra 2.5 inch drive and you want to install
it, now is the time.
The bottom plate holder a bracket that will hold it: simply slide the drive in so that
the label side remains visible.
Carefully alight the bottom to the housing,
drop it into the housing and fasten the four screws again.
This really is important, even if you have just bought the NUC an hour ago.
The NUC might have left the factory weeks or longer ago and both Roon ROCK and the Bios
might have been updated since.
What is a BIOS?
Is stands for Basic Input Output System and is a very small program that starts up the
operating system and holds a number of settings.
For instance where to find the booth drive and what mode to start up in.
It also is the layer in-between the operating system and the hardware and therefore it is
important it have it right.
You do need a USB thumb drive.
Now on your day-to-day computer goto the Intel Download center by clicking the appropriate
link in the notes.
Here you type the product name of your NUC, for instance NUC6i7KYK below 'Search downloads,
browse for the BIOS update and click on it.
Several versions of the BIOS update are now listed.
Find the one that ends on .bio and click on it to download.
Now accept the terms (or not, but then you can't download) and the download automatically
starts.
After the download is ready, copy the .bio file from your download map to the thumb drive.
Now stick the thumb drive in one of the USB ports on the NUC and connect a keyboard and
monitor.
Switch on the NUC and as soon as the splash screen is displayed - that is the screen that
mentions a number of F-keys with their options - press F7, select the USB drive and press
enter.
Select the .BIIO file and press enter and confirm that you want the BIOS to be updated
by pressing enter again.
The update will start en will take several minutes.
Do not switch off the NUC and do not disconnect anything.
When the update is done, it will report this and ask you to remove the USB thumb drive
and then reboot.
Many find Bios settings to be scary but don't worry, you can always reset the bios to factory
settings.
In fact, we start with resetting the NUC to factory settings, just to be sure.
If the NUC is still switched on, switch it off by holding the power button pressed for
a few seconds until the power light switches off.
Wait a few seconds and switch it on again while keeping the F2 key pressed until the
BIOS configuration screen is visible.
As said, we first reset the BIOS to factory settings by pressing the F9 key.
Now look for BOOT settings - you might have to click 'advanced' first - and select
Legacy - so not UEFI.
Set the boot order to boot from you SSD by dragging it to the top of the row with a mouse
or by using the plus and minus keys.
Then disable network boot, enable USB boot but make sure the SSD has boot priority.
Sometimes you need to enable the M.2 slot, depending on the BIOS version.
Finally press the F10 key so save and exit the BIOS settings.
The NUC is now ready to have ROCK installed but switch it off for now for we first have
to download Rock and put it on a USB thumb drive.
Click on the download ROCK link in the notes.
If the download file has the .GZ extension, you have to unpack it first using for instance
Winzip on Windows computer or for instance the Unarchiver on Mac's.
That will result in an image file.
Now download Etcher by clicking the link in the notes, selecting the operating system
you use and install the program.
Then start it up, select the downloaded .IMG file as 'the image', select the USB Thumb
drive as 'the drive' and click on 'Flash".
Now we are ready to install Rock on the NUC.
Disconnect any USB storage that might be connected to the NUC and insert the USB thumb drive
you flashed Roon ROCK on.
Torn on the NUC while holding the F10 key on the keyboard until a menu shows up that
lets you select the device to boot from.
Select the USB Thumb drive and follow the instructions on the screen.
Depending on the speed of the thumb drive and the SSD this might take several minutes.
When ready it prompt you to remove the USB thumb drive and reboot.
This time don't hold the F10 key and a message will appear that Roon Rock is running.
When you start up Roon on your tablet, you will see Roon running on the NUC.
A codec is a piece of software that 'understands' how audio is packed into for instance FLAC
or MP3.
Since Roon is as bare as possible, no codecs are installed.
You can see if you need them by opening the web interface by typing http:// followed by
the IP address of the ROCK computer.
If you don't know the IP address you could check your router or use a program like Fing
on iOS and Android devices.
If you do need codecs, simply download ffmpeg from the link from the notes.
Unpack the XZ package using for instance Winzip on Windows computer or the Unarchiver on Mac's.
Then open the shared volume on the ROCK computer.
On a Windows computer open Windows Explorer and type \\ROCK\.
On a Mac open the finder, type Command-K and type smb:// followed by the IP address of
the ROCK computer and klick connect.
You now see a map called Data.
Open it and then open the map Codecs and copy the ffmpeg file into it.
Do not change the other maps or change the names of the maps for it might lead to data
loss.
Later on you might access the Storage map to add or delete music.
This is the end of part 2, if all went well, Roon is now running and can be used.
I am already working on part 3 where I will describe how to set up a system using the
Roon ROCK as music server or as server and renderer.
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And whatever you do, enjoy the music.FFMpeg: http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-64bit-static.tar.xz
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