MediaSmart Home - Server Modifications and Hacking

Intel E6300 2.8Ghz, VT-x and EX487

Dongers — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:58:15 GMT

Has anyone actually managed to get the Intel Virtualisation technology extensions working with the above combination of hardware...? Or ANY EX48x/49X hardware/Intel based Proc that supports VT-x, for that matter? Upgrade went well, eveything looks OK now that i have set the BIOS correctly (set via AFUWIN/AMIFLASH as no KVM cable!) but CPUID and the Intel CPU Identification app show that VT-x is not enabled (neither is speedstep acording to the intel app) but all is set and loaded correctly in the BIOS....??? Cant boot a 64Bit VM on VirtualBox without VT-x (VB DOES support 64Bit hosts on 32Bit guests, as long as you have VT in the proc) so I'm kind of stuck now, as need to get my 2008R2 DC moved onto my WHS (My ESX Hosts are costing me fortune in electricity!!! :) ) In the original EX48x CPU upgrade thread, Cadman said that it WAS working for him, but i just cant get the thing to show up in windows!!! Any help or advice greatly appreciated..... ta Dongers

EX470/475 EX485/487 EX490/EX495 Power Consumption

Amit — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:30:00 GMT

Hi Just wondering what you guys are getting for power consumption with your Home Servers. Please list your specs and Watts, Be great to see what other people are getting. Mine is EX485 (E5200), 4 GB Ram, 4 x 1TB WD Green Hard Drives. Idle 51 Watts Full Load with CPU at 100%: 74 Watts To test full load i ran two instances of cpu burn in along with streaming two 1080p movies accross my network.

Upgrading the HP EX485/487 MediaSmart Server Processor, Removing the Smoke and Mirrors

StarNet — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:54:37 GMT

Purpose: This article is a culmination of the work of many on this and other web sites. The sole purpose is to clearly define and outline the steps necessary to modify your HP EX485/487 MediaSmart Server (or MSS) from a single core Intel Celeron 440 to the more powerful Intel Dual Core. It will present various options for the MSS user and provide a one stop resource for the complete upgrade process. Choosing a CPU, performance gains/benchmarks, power consumption temperature and memory upgrades are discussed as well. I will try to sort through some of the technical jargon and issues that can make this process complicated. While the scope of this article will toward the E5200 CPU that has been extensively tested, it will also list other CPU designations reported to work for your consideration. Depending on your level of expertise you might find some topics interesting or boring, but they're listed here regardless of your abilities. Some useful tips have been included and some very useful links have been placed in the reference sections at the end of the article. Warning and Disclaimer: Read this document completely before diving in! The author of the article assumes no responsibility for...

HDD and CPU spec for EX490

Finn Brodersen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:33:31 GMT

Hi I have a EX490 coming my way any time soon. A couple of questions: a) What HDD is installed in the EX490, i.e. vendor and type b) what CPU to change to if I want to upgrade the CPU, I have read somewhere the E5200 or E5400 is ok to use Thanks for any input

EX 470 CPU Upgrade

bhallo0217 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:52:58 GMT

I found an article about upgrading the CPU of the EX470 to a 2.6Ghz AMD LE-1640 Orleans AM2 (940) I haven't found this particular proc anymore since the article was a couple years old. Anyone have a later upgrade that you know works? Thanks. Barry

HP EX485 4GB Memory Upgrade Success!!!

Amit — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:29:12 GMT

Just Upgraded my Server with Some G.Skill 4GB DDR2 Memory. Everything works and runs well. I have alot of things running in the background like sql server. So should hopefully notice a difference. Higher Rez Picture: http://members.shaw.ca/kristan100/P1010580.JPG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HP EX485, 4GB Ram, E5200 2.5Ghz, 4TB WD Green

Dreambox

AC — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:46:11 GMT

Has anyone connected a Dreambox too WHS. 1. use the WHS as hardrive too record programs. 2. Stream the channels from Dreambox so it can be reached from the internet. (HP home media server , Dreambox 800HD-C , Smartwii cardsplitter)

Upgrade Assistance

tallassazn — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:14:03 GMT

Hi, First off I appreciate everyone taking the time to read this thread. I'm sure a lot of questions may be rather basic and have already been answered. There is just so much information across the board that I've been swimming in it without gathering exactly what I need. I have an ex475 and was a very early adopter however it gave me fits early on and I had to do a restore losing a lot of my data and I haven't used it to its full potential since. Here are a few of my questions: 1) If I am paying for a domain name, can I associate my MSS with the domain name and use it as my website file server and ftp site? 2)What I remember of the photo sharing software, it was very basic and it didn't actually allow users to access the full sized file, rather just a compressed version. Was I doing something wrong? I am about to purchase the 3.0 discs but have read that the photo sharing software is actually a step back. Compared to flickr and maybe fb, I felt the MSS photo GUI was a bit clunky, but I might not...