HP ProLiant MicroServer

Probably been asked a number of times... but is anyone running a TV tuner card in the microserver? Pointers on what to look for/avoid? Moving to a new place now and going to be a drag laying coax to the bedroom. Thinking of getting TV signal to Microserver and then hooking up to that via IP from RasberryPi in the bedroom... Haven't looked too much into this so please don't flame too much if it's a crap idea - just a thought at this stage.
 
I don't see any decent usb3 cards in SA for the microserver. Would like to add it on later.
 
Flidiot said:
Probably been asked a number of times... but is anyone running a TV tuner card in the microserver? Pointers on what to look for/avoid? Moving to a new place now and going to be a drag laying coax to the bedroom. Thinking of getting TV signal to Microserver and then hooking up to that via IP from RasberryPi in the bedroom... Haven't looked too much into this so please don't flame too much if it's a crap idea - just a thought at this stage.
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I've also thought of this and actually tried it, by adding the stream as a channel on plex. Using a USB TV tuner card. Got it semi working and then work got in the way again. Maybe I'll get more time to play this weekend.
 
Where do I find the modded bios to enable full speed on the ODD sata? Something reliable with instructions.
 
Roger Moore said:
Where do I find the modded bios to enable full speed on the ODD sata? Something reliable with instructions.
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I have the BIOS files somewhere if you want them... just send me a PM and I'll mail them to you

If I remember correctly, assuming you have the modded BIOS already
1) you download the original BIOS from the HP website. Lately its for registered users only, so just Google the file name and you will find it
2) Install the original BIOS update to a flash drive
3) Replace the original BIOS binary with the modded binary. Make sure that the file name is exactly the same as the original binary, or edit the batch file to reflect the modded BIOS' binary file name
4) plug the flash drive into the microserver
5) power up the microserver and wait until you get the c:\ prompt
6) reboot with the flash drive removed
7) ???
8) profit

Here's a link to a forum, the N54L and N40L is essentially the same
http://homeservershow.com/forums/in...for-microserver-n40l-enables-hidden-features/
 
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nahoR said:
I have the BIOS files somewhere if you want them... just send me a PM and I'll mail them to you

If I remember correctly, assuming you have the modded BIOS already
1) you download the original BIOS from the HP website. Lately its for registered users only, so just Google the file name and you will find it
2) Install the original BIOS update to a flash drive
3) Replace the original BIOS binary with the modded binary. Make sure that the file name is exactly the same as the original binary, or edit the batch file to reflect the modded BIOS' binary file name
4) plug the flash drive into the microserver
5) power up the microserver and wait until you get the c:\ prompt
6) reboot with the flash drive removed
7) ???
8) profit

Here's a link to a forum, the N54L and N40L is essentially the same
http://homeservershow.com/forums/in...for-microserver-n40l-enables-hidden-features/
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Does this support the full speed on the optical sata? Seems to be fixing Windows Server problems according to the release notes.

Quey_Quick said:
Here us the one I used:

http://www.avforums.com/threads/hp-n36l-n40l-n54l-microserver-updated-ahci-bios-support.1521657/
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The Bay bios looks interesting. Might just use this.

Lost my keys for the server on Saturday and my usb is inside. Will have to trash the house to find them.:mad:
 
Roger Moore said:
Does this support the full speed on the optical sata? Seems to be fixing Windows Server problems according to the release notes.
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I think so. They took the original BIOS binary and used the AMI BIOS tool to unhide the hidden features which the motherboard support but HP think you should not use :)
 
LOL thought I lost my spare key so attached huge keyring to one I am using. But found spare. Hate not having a spare!
 
The replacement Gen 8 unit is a bit of an improvement but HP is killing the value. No BIOS updates without being registered and no desktop OS this sucks. Other things as well but I am glad I upgraded to an i3 from my N40L.
 
Like server running separately. Using my pc as server as well but want to shift once hp drives all installed.
 
Has anyone, who uses Ubuntu server on their microserver, updated from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS? Hoping for some insight with regards to ease of update process, advantages, disadvantages, etc.
 
If you use RDP in gnome mine crashed and couldn't get it restored. Had a few other issues. I reckon 13.10 was more stable.
 
katastrofie said:
Has anyone, who uses Ubuntu server on their microserver, updated from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS? Hoping for some insight with regards to ease of update process, advantages, disadvantages, etc.
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Funny enough I did this exact switch a couple days ago. I was just curious so replaced Win 7 with Ubuntu 12.04, I had some trouble with sound over HDMI though so did the upgrade to 14.04.

Did the whole process over SSH from my laptop - the system moans about doing over SSH but I didn't have any issues. I did however have to use the -d (I think that was it) switch to go from 12 - 14.

Happy so far - everything is working, just had some tweaks to do in Catalyst to get video right (tearing) and one change for sound to work properly out of XBMC - nothing major, just sounded tinny - but all is well now.

In terms of pros/cons, other than my audio actually working now there isn't all that much else. Boot times are about the same and everything works as it did before/as expected.

I did however switch to Lubuntu desktop... Kinda like the minimalistic feel :)
 
Flidiot said:
Funny enough I did this exact switch a couple days ago. I was just curious so replaced Win 7 with Ubuntu 12.04, I had some trouble with sound over HDMI though so did the upgrade to 14.04.

Did the whole process over SSH from my laptop - the system moans about doing over SSH but I didn't have any issues. I did however have to use the -d (I think that was it) switch to go from 12 - 14.

Happy so far - everything is working, just had some tweaks to do in Catalyst to get video right (tearing) and one change for sound to work properly out of XBMC - nothing major, just sounded tinny - but all is well now.

In terms of pros/cons, other than my audio actually working now there isn't all that much else. Boot times are about the same and everything works as it did before/as expected.

I did however switch to Lubuntu desktop... Kinda like the minimalistic feel :)
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Cool, thanks for the feedback. Going to try it this weekend. Will also have to do it over ssh as my server is headless.

Did you have to reload your apps, redo samba shares, etc. afterwards or does everything remain? I use mine as a plex server so just wondering if I'll have to set it up again from scratch after the upgrade.
 
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