HP ProLiant MicroServer

blaine666 said:
I forgot to mention my CPU and memory usage is that high from the time I log into windows. Before I even start XBMC or do anything. Just sitting idle its that high.
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That might be because Windows 7 is a large OS. I remember a usage of 800MB on a fresh Boot on my PC.

Do you really NEED a full blown Operating System or do you want XBMC?
 
Keeper said:
That might be because Windows 7 is a large OS. I remember a usage of 800MB on a fresh Boot on my PC.

Do you really NEED a full blown Operating System or do you want XBMC?
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Yeah, I have ordered memory so will see after that.
Reason I loaded Windows is that im use to it and more comfortable with it and also I do alot of remote support from home at weird hours, so instead of having to continuously start up my laptop I can just use RD from here.
 
Just got my setup with Win7 5gb ram and Sapphire HD5450, SABNZBD & Sickbeard, it's pretty sweet with about 2tb of media serving through XBMC connected to a 46" Samsung LCD. All controlled from a logitech harmony 650 & iphone XBMC remote. Thanks for all the help on the forums.

Quick question though. I have a nice pair of logitech USB powered speakers that work great with it and I would love to figure out a way to listen to music through the USB speakers and when watching TV or movies use the HDMI sound without having to turn the TV on & manually change the sound input.

Is there any way to easily switch between these?

The reason is that I would love to be able to just turn on my iphone and start playing music through the USB speakers rather than having to turn on my TV & my Samsung home Theatre and having both of them going whenever I just want to listen to music.

Any thoughts? Thanks.
 
jamezjunk said:
Just got my setup with Win7 5gb ram and Sapphire HD5450, SABNZBD & Sickbeard, it's pretty sweet with about 2tb of media serving through XBMC connected to a 46" Samsung LCD. All controlled from a logitech harmony 650 & iphone XBMC remote. Thanks for all the help on the forums.

Quick question though. I have a nice pair of logitech USB powered speakers that work great with it and I would love to figure out a way to listen to music through the USB speakers and when watching TV or movies use the HDMI sound without having to turn the TV on & manually change the sound input.

Is there any way to easily switch between these?

The reason is that I would love to be able to just turn on my iphone and start playing music through the USB speakers rather than having to turn on my TV & my Samsung home Theatre and having both of them going whenever I just want to listen to music.

Any thoughts? Thanks.
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Not sure on your latter question, but my question is: Im wanting to buy a logitech harmony remote, do you need an external infra red usb unit to your microserver? how does it communicate to the pc? And which remote would you recommend, was looking at the harmony 300i?

Thanks
 
Just a note to those interested in buying one of these units, I see the price has gone up to over R3000 :( Damn exchange rate.
 
Martdf said:
Not sure on your latter question, but my question is: Im wanting to buy a logitech harmony remote, do you need an external infra red usb unit to your microserver? how does it communicate to the pc? And which remote would you recommend, was looking at the harmony 300i?

Thanks
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I bought the 300i - you need an IR receiver for it to communicate with the box. I bought the iSonic suggested a few pages back from konicIT.co.za - it was less than R100 and it works beautifully. Once you have the remote/receiver it takes about 15 mins to program the i300 from the remote that comes with the receiver and you are good to go.

(Sorry for not providing links to posts / product)
 
yeti said:
I bought the 300i - you need an IR receiver for it to communicate with the box. I bought the iSonic suggested a few pages back from konicIT.co.za - it was less than R100 and it works beautifully. Once you have the remote/receiver it takes about 15 mins to program the i300 from the remote that comes with the receiver and you are good to go.

(Sorry for not providing links to posts / product)
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Sorry for being such a noob... checked the whole site cant find a usb ir receiver? :(

Link???
 
hi guys

im thinking of doing this as a side project. ive always been keen to fiddle around with ubuntu and get a real HTPC up and running and stop fiddling with these media players. yes they serve their purpose, but the idea of being able to set rss feeds, autoname folders, download what I wanted then waiting for me when I got a cold one in hand... well thats just a lot more appealing.

first question, I see they like R3000 rand now... eina! this is correct and cant be bought for cheaper?

second is the gfx card. Ive read a lot about the active 210 that fits, but the passive 210's dont seem to. my understanding is that this 512GB wont fit then? and probably this 1GB as well...

so what gfx card are you guys using then?

would appear it must be active
 
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This should help http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/362178-Post-your-HP-Proliant-Microserver-Setup-here!

AFAIK only ones below R3,000 are second hand or from Gumtree/BoB if you're lucky to find them.

Sapphire HD5450 is recommended because it fits and has the correct brackets, also its power usage is the best suited for the HP MS. Nvidia is better for Linux/XBMC Live as it works out the box. Dunno if I'd get the 210. For Windows/XBMC, go HD5450.

No, active cooling is not required.
 
PostmanPot said:
This should help http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/362178-Post-your-HP-Proliant-Microserver-Setup-here!

AFAIK only ones below R3,000 are second hand or from Gumtree/BoB if you're lucky to find them.

Sapphire HD5450 is recommended because it fits and has the correct brackets, also its power usage is the best suited for the HP MS. Nvidia is better for Linux/XBMC Live as it works out the box. Dunno if I'd get the 210. For Windows/XBMC, go HD5450.

No, active cooling is not required.
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thanks for your reply PP, I appreciate it :)

gonna go read up on that now and see how it goes. thinking I will stick to the Win 7 / XMBC build. South_bit and others have had success with this so it should be fine. yes I read about nvidia being better for the live version, but Im not going to go that route.

guess the HD5450 1GB it is then, and not a bad price at all. Need memory as well, but lemme go read that other thread first....
 
techead said:
thanks for your reply PP, I appreciate it :)

gonna go read up on that now and see how it goes. thinking I will stick to the Win 7 / XMBC build. South_bit and others have had success with this so it should be fine. yes I read about nvidia being better for the live version, but Im not going to go that route.

guess the HD5450 1GB it is then, and not a bad price at all. Need memory as well, but lemme go read that other thread first....
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Win7 Pro 64 bit xbmc has worked for me... I have the Msi Nvidia N520GT 1GB Low Profile. Fits perfectly. Running 4gb RAM and had no issues with windows OS at all.

You can try this : www.hpshop.co.za/m2m
Apparently its a partner program hp offers and there are still microservers at R1198.00
There are a few people who have ordered through that way apparently and succeeded, HP asked me if I was an M2M employee and what my M2M address is. I said I'm new at the company and will phone back hahaha! But I know someone who works at HP that organised me one.
So maybe try that way through the above link, perhaps you will succeed :)
 
techead said:
PP would you mind pointing me to a 2GB stick of ram what will fit in the 2nd slot please?

Thanks
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Glad to help, tbh I'd just pop in a Corsair 4GB DDR3-1333 ValueRam from 'Tosa. It's so cheap these days you may as well get 4GB instead of 2GB. :D
 
PostmanPot said:
Glad to help, tbh I'd just pop in a Corsair 4GB DDR3-1333 ValueRam from 'Tosa. It's so cheap these days you may as well get 4GB instead of 2GB. :D
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ok thanks man

anyone on here that works for HP that can organise me one of these things?? Paying over R3k seems crazy
 
PostmanPot said:
Glad to help, tbh I'd just pop in a Corsair 4GB DDR3-1333 ValueRam from 'Tosa. It's so cheap these days you may as well get 4GB instead of 2GB. :D
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ok thanks man

anyone on here that works for HP that can organise me one of these things?? Paying over R3k seems crazy
 
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