Gday My Steam Link died . Im so sad

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Gday My Steam Link died

Does anyone know of a repair service manual or anyone with free info on a forum/youtube for this device or has someone fixed it

I will need some options recommended please to watch content streamed from my Win7 box

Currently I am now using my Toshiba Chromebook 2
to watch stuff via SMB shares connected to a TV using HDMI

I am considering getting an ARM kodi box
or building an ras pi (or clone) kodi box

I guess the issue is the cost of an Ras pi and unavailable in Australia
Has anyone tired the organge and banana pi's for a kodi box

or would it be cheaper to get an Intel J/N SOC and build an ITX rig ?

Also its repairing and warranty , if something goes wrong at least
if its an intel SOC i can get pc parts fixed under warranty if its sourced in JP/AU
but it was to get it off newegg AU store or amazon USA store i might not able too

Also if I source koid pre built box from ebay id probly not get warranty or able to fix it
so looking at maybe a ras pi 1/2 or organge pi zero does have advantages to repair diy myself

Im going to also look around to see if Ive got an old working P4 from my old bits
but would an old P4/core2duo use more power then a raspi/intel SOC system ?

i know ryZEN is coming out soon , maybe they might have a cheap 25-50 buck APU
that might do the track , thats IF I can bloody source a cheap AMD mATX/ITX mobo in
Australia , as its often sold for USD$35-USD$55 in USA but in Australia the same thing
is AUD$135-AUD$175

Also has anyone used those compute sticks
I worry spending AUD$175-AUD$200 and maybe it breaks
its un fixable aswell

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Send the Steam Link in under warranty.

Kodi will run fine on a Raspberry of Banana Pi.

Intel compute sticks are alright. On breaking, solid state electronics don't normally "just break". If this is a problem you have you most likely have a power distribution issue.

Go spend $35 and get a surge protector froM APC, Trip Lite or GE. Those should help and it warranties any device connected. Just fill out the paperwork.

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IIRC the steam link is almost identical to a chromecast, but dont know what the homebrew communitys like for it. But I have used my RPi 3 as a steam link when I first bought it as a test on concept (If i stream from my gaming pc its only to my HTPC anyway) and I know that if you get Kodi for the RPi3, they have many emulators and if the steam link isn't working properly, theres nothing stopping you from having 2 distros on the RPi.

But I dont know how you had it set up, but mine was wired whenever I did anything like that as the wireless on it was terrible for ping rates.

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I will try to send it off for RA/Warranty

I actually DO have an unopened chromecast 1 , but I got the steam link the same week

Chromecast is DLNA type streaming

Steamlink is Steams in home streaming at 1080p 60fps using ATI/AMD/Nvidia on my windows box to steam link

I cant steam in home stream from my windows box to my chromebook which has mint
and in home streaming doesnt work in arm linux either

Only arm steam in home streaming that works is the one with steamlink

I actually DO have a fancy power board that protects from spikes

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I have streamed plenty from Windows to Linux. Is your chromebook arm based?

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Gday

It is an Toshiba Chromebook 2 2014 CB something
it has an Intel N cpu

For some odd reason I cant get VLC or mint's video play or anything
to work onboard sound, but VLC can be piped via HDMI for sound

I was going to get an microSD 32-64gb card and run steam off it
for the chromebook