Setting up your NANO

The YOM NANO is a plug-and-play node runner: a secure-boot SSD that turns your gaming PC into a YOM network node. You plug it into your PC, boot from it, claim it inside your wallet, and your machine becomes a host that earns $YOM when players nearby start sessions.

The whole setup takes about 15 minutes if your hardware already qualifies and you have a wallet ready. The walkthrough below assumes you have both. If not, run the Rig Check and create a YOM account first.

what comes with the NANO

In the box:

• The YOM NANO SSD itself (USB form factor)
• A short setup card with the same instructions you’re reading now
• The 1 node license registered to your unit

You do not get a CPU, GPU, RAM, power supply, or chassis. The NANO is the operating system and identity layer. The horsepower comes from the gaming PC you plug it into.

before you plug it in

Three things to have ready:

1. A qualifying gaming rig. If you haven’t yet, run the Rig Check. Minimum: an NVIDIA RTX 2060 or better, an i5 / Ryzen 7 or better, 16 GB RAM, and a wired ethernet connection (25 Mbps upload or faster).
2. A YOM account. This is your wallet, connected via Particle Network. The NANO will be claimed inside this account, and your earnings flow to it.
3. About 15 minutes. Most of it is the first boot. Active work on your side is closer to 5 minutes.

Power your PC down completely before installing the NANO.

step 1: install the NANO

Plug it into a USB 3.0 port on the back of your PC. Front-panel ports usually work too, but back-panel ports are routed more directly and are more reliable for sustained operation.

Plug your PC into a wired ethernet connection. Wi-Fi will work for the first boot but the node will not run on Wi-Fi in production. Plan for ethernet.

step 2: boot from a NANO

Power your PC on and immediately enter the BIOS. The key depends on your motherboard, usually one of:

• F2 or F10 for Dell, Lenovo, HP
• DEL or F12 for ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock
• F1 for some legacy systems

Check that TPM 2.0 is enabled. The NANO uses your motherboard’s TPM to secure the node. Most boards from the last ~8 years have one built in, it’s just sometimes switched off by default:

• Intel systems: look under the Advanced tab (sometimes Security or Peripherals, depending on brand) for “Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT)” and set it to Enabled.
• AMD systems: look for “AMD fTPM configuration” (usually under Advanced) and set TPM Device Selection to Firmware TPM / Enabled.

Menu location varies by manufacturer; if you don’t spot it under Advanced, check Security or Peripherals too. If there’s no TPM option anywhere on those tabs, your board is likely too old to support it (pre-2017-ish).

Quick check from Windows first (optional): press Win + R, type tpm.msc, hit Enter. If it shows “Specification version 2.0” you’re already good and can skip straight to setting boot order.

Once inside the BIOS, find the Boot Order or Boot Priority menu and set the YOM SSD as the primary boot device. The exact label varies by manufacturer, but the NANO usually shows up as something like YOM or the SSD model name.

Save and exit. Your PC will restart and boot into the YOM Node OS.

If your PC has Secure Boot enabled, leave it on. The NANO is signed and works with Secure Boot. If CSM (Compatibility Support Module) is enabled, turn it off: CSM allows legacy boot, which conflicts with Secure Boot. If your PC has BitLocker or another full-disk encryption on the primary drive, the NANO does not touch it; you’ll still need your normal key when you boot back to your regular OS.

step 3: claim the NANO in your wallet

The YOM Node OS boots into a screen with a QR code and a short pairing code. On your phone or another device:

1. Open app.yom.net and sign in with the same wallet you want to receive earnings on.
2. Go to My hosts in the left nav.
3. Click add host in the top right.

4. The registration wizard walks you through three steps: confirm your wallet, name the NANO, then confirm the pairing.

5. Scan the QR code on the NANO boot screen with your phone, or type the pairing code shown.

Within a few seconds, the NANO will register against your wallet, and app.yom.net/my-hosts will list it as a new host with status connecting and then online.

step 4: confirm the node is live

Go to My hosts in the app and click your new host. The detail page shows the system identity, telemetry, and host configuration:

A few specific things to check.

telemetry: is your hardware detected?

This is the most important confirmation. As soon as your node sends its first heartbeat, the telemetry card switches to reporting and the GPU and CPU detection results populate:

If the GPU or CPU show unknown for more than a few minutes after the node comes online, the hardware-detection step is stuck. Most often this means the GPU driver isn’t compatible. See Troubleshooting: rig check failed for the fix.

host configuration: what your node is allowed to do

The host configuration card shows your machine’s capacity and how many licenses are currently bound to it:

• max nodes is the number of concurrent sessions your hardware can host. The rig check determines this based on GPU VRAM and CPU headroom. A 2 means your machine can serve two players at the same time.
• licenses shows how many of your owned node licenses are bound to this host. 1/1 means one license, fully bound. If you own multiple licenses, you can bind extras here to raise this host’s capacity, or bind them to a second host.

the rest

• Online status and region: green online indicator with a running clock from the first heartbeat. Anything other than online for more than a few minutes means something’s wrong with the connection.
• Uptime: percentage of the period the node has been reachable. Starts at 0% and climbs as your node accumulates online time.
• Latency: starts at 0ms while the network is still probing routes to your node, then settles to a real average (under 30 ms is excellent) once the first sessions flow through.

You should also see your node appear as a green dot on the public global node distribution map within a few minutes.

If the host stays in connecting for more than 10 minutes, see Troubleshooting: node offline.

what happens next

The NANO runs the YOM Node OS continuously while plugged in and the PC is on. You do not need to interact with it after setup. When a player nearby starts a game session, the network routes them to your node, your GPU streams the session, and your wallet accrues $YOM proportional to the time and load you carried.

Earnings appear in Earnings in the YOM app, typically within minutes of a session completing. Payouts to your wallet happen on the schedule defined by the payout function.

To return your PC to regular use: power down, change the BIOS boot order back to your normal drive, and boot as usual. The NANO sits idle until you boot from it again. You can leave it physically installed indefinitely.