Dear Marcos:

Congrats! What kinds of other temperatures are you seeing? If you haven't already downloaded and installed HWMonitor (www.cpuid.com) or SpeedFan (http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php) I recommend either one highly for helping you monitor and manage operating temps.

One tip, based on LOTS of experience with upgrading the older EX-47* models: keep a close eye on temps for a while, and also check Event Viewer daily for a while for errors and warnings, especially from these sources: WNAS (System log) and MediaSmartServer (App log).

HTH,
--Ed--

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Most of the Celeron temps I've seen reported are in the range of 30 to 40 Celsius. 60 is about as much as the cooling in the MSS enclosure can handle. You might want to think about leaving the front door on your unit open, and adding a small room/box fan to provide additional ventilation.

HTH, and thanks for sharing your info. FYI, I'm going to be looking into improved cooling solutions for the box as I experiment with CPU mods as well. What led you to choose the E5200, BTW? Just curious...

The E4300 idles at about 35 C according to this anandtech story (http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=2125596&entert... Did you consider this as an alternative? Again, just curious...

Thanks,
--Ed--

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I'll follow this thread closely as I am VERY interested in upgrading the processor on my EX485!

I figure if any of the putatively 65W TDP parts (basically, all of the desktop core duos or core 2 duos) will work, it will be the slower (2.0 GHz or slower), cooler-running members of the family. Hence, my earlier question about the E4300 (which I plan to try myself). Thanks for posting,
--Ed--

Ed Tittel 2443 Arbor Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681-2160
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Contributing Editor, Tom's Guide
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Temps are fine.. My EX485 idles between 55-60 with the celeron.

EX485 1x750GB 1x1TB 2x1.5TB
17" Macbook Pro 2.5 250GB OCZ Vertex SSD
Macbook white
2x Nvidia Mac mini's running Plex for movies
Macbook air Rev B 1.86/128GB SSD
Dell XPS 435MT Corei7 940 - 6GB Ram - 3x 30 GB OCZ Vertez Raid 0 - Nvida GTX 295

Flip -

Thanks for the update. I notice that CPU-Z only shows 1 core. Same thing with task manager performance. Do we really know if the system is able to use both core's?

Ray

What about the full-load temperatures and long-term stability when fully loaded?

...JohnBick

flip: How did you get HWMonitor to display that Disk info? Mine does not show the disk information, either on my MSS or on my desktop.

...JohnBick

I didn't do anything special with hwmonitor... It just opened up like that.

EX485 1x750GB 1x1TB 2x1.5TB
17" Macbook Pro 2.5 250GB OCZ Vertex SSD
Macbook white
2x Nvidia Mac mini's running Plex for movies
Macbook air Rev B 1.86/128GB SSD
Dell XPS 435MT Corei7 940 - 6GB Ram - 3x 30 GB OCZ Vertez Raid 0 - Nvida GTX 295

Nothing special with the e6600.. It just wouldn't post. Power light came on and the server status light stayed white, and just hung there.

EX485 1x750GB 1x1TB 2x1.5TB
17" Macbook Pro 2.5 250GB OCZ Vertex SSD
Macbook white
2x Nvidia Mac mini's running Plex for movies
Macbook air Rev B 1.86/128GB SSD
Dell XPS 435MT Corei7 940 - 6GB Ram - 3x 30 GB OCZ Vertez Raid 0 - Nvida GTX 295

I have had CPUID Hardware Monitor running all day on my stock EX485 which has been running the video converter for several days now. The high temp shown today is 71 degrees. That seems rather high to me with the stock CPU. The EX485 is in a well ventilated area and is in the basement so it is a few degrees cooler there than the rest of the house. Should the temps be getting that high with the stock machine?

techaholic said:

WHS4u said:

techaholic said: Well I rushed out and bought an Intel E5200 from MicroCenter. Then I followed the step by step instructions listed above. I have build over a dozen gaming systems and servers. So dismantled the HP MediaSmart was not hard, put the new CPU in reassembled the Mediasmart, and poof, she wouldn't post.... so I refitted the old cpu and still nothing, the system lights come on and that's it. So be careful as somehow the process has bricked my Mediasmart. :( Will see what I can do to bring this system back to life.

Wow! Sorry to hear that. I've had that experience and it's very upsetting... I would suggest to make sure the hard disk back-plane board is securely seated onto the main board. Sometimes it's a bit tricky. Hope it works out for you...

Just what i was thinking as the hardrive lights do not even flicker, i did push down on it , but i will try to reseat it.

Well I reseated the back-plane and even found a possible connection that wasn't fully seated, but no joy. The system lights come on and shut down several times before just staying on. There appears to be no power getting to the hard drives, will call support this evening to see what they say.