And yes, I do have other ASRock components in my home-built computers! Doesn't matter to me, as I won't be purchasing their products again. Maybe ASRock might even consider rectifying the box's inherent problem. Below are some photos to document my fix. Testing showed minimal-to-zero buffering, as well as page load-times showing huge improvement. I don't use it's wifi functionality, as I have an AC1200 router for that purpose. So I tried using the wifi aerials, on my TP-Link modem. Significantly better than originally, but still not acceptable. This caused intermittent video buffering. I initially tried the PCI-E card's aerial on a half metre cable, but the nuts would not fit tightly due to the insufficient length of the connecting threads. Drilling holes in the side of the plastic casing, I attached them, for external connection to the aerial. I disconnected the existing pigtails on the wifi board, & fitted the two U-fl IPX/SMA pigtail leads, from the card, & fitted them to the Beebox wifi card. Based off what I had read elsewhere, I determined an external aerial should give sufficient signal to prevent the issues at hand. I had a PCI-E 802.11AC wifi card lying around, from my previous bedroom HTPC. So, why would anyone design wifi aerials to be covered by the box's plastic casing? It is well known that plastic acts as an insulator: not just for the prevention of heat transferance, but also in attenuating various signals in & around the electro-magnetic spectrum. Having determined the Beebox wifi is at fault, I designed a work-around to resolve what I believe should have been a foreseeable flaw, in the unit's setup. The main HTPC is behind glass in it's enclosure, with a similar drop, so maybe IT IS the Beebox unit at fault. The signal in the bedroom has to drop from bed level, past the wooden bed-end. Distance between keyboards & the USB unifying receivers, of both systems is about the same.
I also use another K400 board for my main HTPC. Another failure from ASRock but not completely, I understand this may simply be an issue with poor design from Logitech. It also worked when in close proximity to the box. I then removed the USB keyboard & trackpad, & connectede my K400 wireless board. keystroke delays using Logitech K400 wireless board. the aforementioned video buffering, as well as delays in page loading. Guess what: there were none of the issues present in my bedroom. This placed it directly below my AC1200 wireless router, which is connected to my modem. I moved the box into my computer room, & connected it to my desktop monitor, keyboard, & trackpad. The memory improved Mediaportal load-times by about half, to around 22 seconds.Īfter attempting to stream the internet last evening, and it being virtually unwatchable, I decided to ascertain if the issue was the well-publicized wifi one. I use my box exclusively as an HTPC/Browsing platform, in my bedroom, with a connection to my main HTPC, situated in the lounge, via Mediaportal. Just varied the amount of RAM & CPU being used. Tried various browsers: Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Waterfox. Reinstalled 圆4 bit variant: no noticeable difference. originally used a W10 x32 OS image, from Acronis True Image. Other things I tried to improve the quality of my Beebox experience: This is on W10 圆4 non-Pro version, with minimal programmes installed & loading at startup. People should also be made aware that the CPU does run quite high, most of the time: 60-85%. Memory usage dropped, but I still suffered from the underlying problem. And as you can see, it wasn't exactly cheap. I increased my memory from 2x2GB SO-DIMM RAM (which was all they had in-store at the time), to 1x8GB RAM, expecting to use one of the other sticks to supplement the memory, only to find you cannot use RAM modules of different capacities -same make & model. I was unsure if this was my issue, as my box had always had continually high CPU & memory usage. I tried the different wifi bands, but had to stay on 5GHz as my microwave affected it's operation: streaming would freeze. Nothing had changed with regards the box's position, etc. However, my box did not suffer to the extent of many until recently. I was aware of issues with the design from nearly brand new.
You may have gathered from my user name I am less than impressed with ASRock, in regards to their TOTAL lack of support -or, at the very least, their acknowledgement of the inherent design flaws in the design of the Beebox WiFi antenna, which causes major website/video buffering, when streaming across the wifi.
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