HP ProLiant MicroServer

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Duan

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Guys,

My N54 is behaving weirdly.... at unpredictable intervals, the on-board network and (some) USB ports will stop working, a reboot fixes this until it re-occurs. The rear USB ports are completely dead all the time though.

Everything else works fine.

I guess the motherboard is busy dying on me...

Any suggestions? Anyone have a spare motherboard for me?
 
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Running Ubuntu 14.04 on a N36L. I was trying to track down poor network transfer speeds and found the ethernet only running at 100 Mb/sec. The card is 1000.
Any idea how to get it to run at full speed?
 
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The power supplies on these things are prone to failure. Has anyone installed a 3rd party power supply yet?
 
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Chingha said:
Running Ubuntu 14.04 on a N36L. I was trying to track down poor network transfer speeds and found the ethernet only running at 100 Mb/sec. The card is 1000.
Any idea how to get it to run at full speed?
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Start by checking the network cable by replacing it with another.
 
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Duan

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Hi Guys,

My N54 is up for sale.

As previously mentioned the usb ports are misbehaving from time to time, but otherwise it is running perfectly.

16gb Ram included.

Edit... I should probably put it in the classifieds..
 
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Hi all need some assistance please

My Old HP N40L packed up after about 3.5 years of usage as a media server using XBMC/KODI off windows 7
I had 2 x 2TB HDDs on it and I used it to view movies/series

The motherboard is gone (seems like some ants may have circuited it out)

Anyone know where I can get a replacement motherboard that fits?

Alternatively where can i get a replacement Microserver (either new or used) - I see theres n54l and a hp gen 8
What would you recommend?

I am based in Jhb. thanks
 
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rodga

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A new Mb will cost more than the a new unit. Check on Carb for a used n54,they usually pop up now and then for less than 2k or get the newer one if you have the cash.
 
morkhans

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Dell T20 is a close enough replacement and esquire sometimes have them on special.
 
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Zak87 said:
Hi all need some assistance please

My Old HP N40L packed up after about 3.5 years of usage as a media server using XBMC/KODI off windows 7
I had 2 x 2TB HDDs on it and I used it to view movies/series

The motherboard is gone (seems like some ants may have circuited it out)

Anyone know where I can get a replacement motherboard that fits?

Alternatively where can i get a replacement Microserver (either new or used) - I see theres n54l and a hp gen 8
What would you recommend?

I am based in Jhb. thanks
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Build yourself a MITX PC. To hell with proprietary parts
 
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i have a N40L that i don't use....i replaced the oem power supply with a desktop power supply....the motherboard is in good working order..
PM me your details and we can discuss....
Zak87 said:
Hi all need some assistance please

My Old HP N40L packed up after about 3.5 years of usage as a media server using XBMC/KODI off windows 7
I had 2 x 2TB HDDs on it and I used it to view movies/series

The motherboard is gone (seems like some ants may have circuited it out)

Anyone know where I can get a replacement motherboard that fits?

Alternatively where can i get a replacement Microserver (either new or used) - I see theres n54l and a hp gen 8
What would you recommend?

I am based in Jhb. thanks
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Anyone have suggestions for the following hardware.. my one HDD failed and thinking of speccing my storage server properly this time round..

1. 5x 3TB drives.. effectively to give me +/-9TB + 3TB. Not sure which drives are best for this.. will do 4 initally im thinking. Not sure where i can get these ideally not insanely priced.
2. Raid card for the above.
3. N54L HDD bracket for the top drive (i think its like side panels u attach to drive, dont mind that its tied in/not hot swap).


Basically my box is for storage predominately. My previous box did the downloads, sorting & plex hosting. this time round im thinking of using it same as above but moving the process intensive stuff to a separate machine i.e. apple mini server but till then it will have to do it too(yes i know not too ideal but last time round it wasnt too much of a bottle neck).
 
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morkhans

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You don't need a raid card. Look at nas4free or freesnas and setup a raidz2. Can boot it off USB.
 
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