Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The What and the Why on new hardware I chose for Home Assistant and a complete install guide using 2 methods from end to end of it. Affiliates - Beelink N150 Mini PC - amzn.to/3GIJGly Sabrent NVME - amzn.to/3UhccNX or Dell USFF - amzn.to/3wgrOJJ - Beelink Aliexpress https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DEggxMT
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Use this version of etcher, we found that the latest version has problems:
github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/download/v1.18.11/balenaEtcher-Portable-1.18.11.exe
⚡HA Link - home-assistant.io/installation/generic-x86-64
⚡Ubuntu Link - ubuntu.com/tutorials/try-ubuntu-before-you-install#1-getting-started

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00:00 Home Assistant Hardware
03:11 N150 NUC or others
09:41 Weird Terms and Words
11:58 Method 1 - NVME install
17:55 Method 2 - USB Install
25:38 BIOS Auto Power Changes
27:29 Onboarding and Bootup
32:36 Closing