Posts by gizmoronimo

I know you said the gpu fan is OK, but you can start with trying a different card... I had this happen once...didn't sound like the gpu, though....

I have the 5520scr intel board, and I have to activate the RAID option ROM in BIOS... Then it should be a matter of pressing 'ctrl-m' i think...should tell you on screen

My advice would be to get your boss to get you a course, or at least some good literature om 2003 server.. 'Stumbling' into AD, and Server products in general, can create a lot og downtime... If you get paid the overtime, and don't mind...

Regarding a cheaper RAID card....My server has a 3ware 9500s (LP) I found it to be stable & fast. It also works flawless with WD's Green drives .... If you can live with used gear for the server, I would go the ebay route and find some...

EDIT: I will soon also have a TV server/recorder with '4 The Record' It streams live TV to my XBMC's Will also try Hauppage's Colossus HDMI 1080i Recorder (pci-e) for recording gameplay...(BF3) If anybody interrested, this is what I use...

Hi First of all, I know this thread is old, but I couldn't resist replying anyway... I bought one of theese 3 years ago just for playing with.... Managed to change the BIOS boot image & flashed the Intel NIC option ROM to a bootloader...

+1 on the separated HTPC/ server issue.... A server, IMO, should be just a server....keeping stability at max..... Personally, I run XP pro as file server/+++, and I use a Acer Aspire REVO r3610 with OpenELEC XBMC on it (boots in 10 sec)

If you just want it as a file sharing server, don't change anything... Just set up the shares you want...good to go... I expect the machine is working with win7? If you have other services you want to run on it, (backup, torrents) I...

Quote:Originally Posted by the_beast;14266850 kinda, but then kinda not. You'll have a 6mbit and a 3mbit connection. Which means you can download 2 things at 6mbit and 3mbit respectively at the same time (so 9mbit total), but if...

I use Subsonic to (Made by norwegian Sindre Mehus) Normally I have no problems, but some stuttering when recoding 1080p material for my android phone. Oh...i have a E6550 Core 2 Duo + 4GB RAM