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Question of the Day: If you were buying a TV today, which brand would you choose?
HP ProLiant MicroServer
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opinionhated
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The range on tv speakers isn't great. As tv's get thinner, speakers get worse as well. Best to invest in a dedicated sound system.
Re sound bars. There's not much online. Best bet is to walk into a Dion wired or similar and buy on price and power output. If you have more than just the xbmc you'll need to consider input/output options.
Btw if you bump up the volume amplification in xbmc you basically push the lower range up (squashing the full range narrower) which might help a bit.
D4N
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I received and installed my USB3 PCI-e card that I ordered on ebay a few weeks ago:
DrJohnZoidberg
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D4N
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Correct, picked up a few 3TB Externals from Game a few months ago. Plus you can also never have too many ports
Rocket-Boy
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If you are running cli then you can use fdisk -l to list drives. It should give you something like this:
root@derpsticks:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 75.2 GB, 75161927680 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9137 cylinders, total 146800640 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0002c5dd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 249855 123904 83 Linux
The /dev/sda1 shows that is the partition on the drive. You can then mount that to a directory using: mount /dev/sda1 /directory/name/
The light on the drive doesn't even come on. The syslog also makes no mention of it when plugging it in.
I see there's a power plug on there. Is power needed on there? I don't think the MS has a suitable plug
I see there's a power plug on there. Is power needed on there? I don't think the MS has a suitable plug
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3.5" external drives need an external power supply.
Nope. 2.5" external.
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My Seagate USB-3 adapter / GoFlex drive came with drivers ... ?
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The 3TB drives from game are not 2.5" - I thought you referring to those when you said "Got one of those too" in response to a post about them
My bad, I got a similar card, which is not anything inside my HPMS when I plug a 2tb 2.5" WD "My Passport" drive into it
opinionhated
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Unsure. Current usb2 ports work fine though
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The info on the card purchased by D4N includes the following:
"*Please Note: It is recommended to connect 4-pin Peripheral power connector to power supply to provide adequate power for your high volume, high speed HDD such as 500GB 7200RPM drives."
D4N
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...m=130835095056
There's a lot of of cheaper alternatives on ebay if you're only looking for 2-ports...