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I saw this on Newegg, and thought it might be good for my server needs. Not sure if it has Virtualization capability though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16816110036

Hey everyone. I'm looking to purchase equipment to build a server at home with Win 2003, 2008, maybe ESXi, WAMP, all for testing purposes. I have looked into Dell servers, but the low end models don't seem to have much expandability (ie. No RAID). I have also looked into barebone servers from Newegg, which seem pretty decent. I'm looking to spend around $400 on a server that will have most of the essentials. I have thought about building a regular PC from newegg parts, but will the typical motherboards work well for a 24/7 server? And what other specs would you recommend?

My company is moving forward from SAV (11.x?) to Sophos. Sophos actually has been tested to catch certain viruses that SAV could not catch. It doesn't use as much processing power either.

Hi guys, probably a silly question. But I need confirmation. I have Windows Home Server, currently being used as just a file server over NFS. Let's say I have two shares in WHS, call them SHARE1 and SHARE2. Now I also have my main computer, in which I can use to run Retrospect Express Backup, for example. If I create backup jobs to copy files from SHARE1 to SHARE2, will data route from WHS (SHARE1) to Computer to WHS (SHARE2), or will data route directly from SHARE1 to SHARE2 through the internal bus of WHS? Thanks for the help.

Soldering is so useful, I fixed two Netgear switches because of soldering. Had to replace blown up capacitors.

I am constantly grounding myself by touching the edges of the case. This should not be the issue, since my computer went out while I was away from it.

That's just the thing, I know to turn it off if it got super hot. But it really didn't, just slightly warm. I touched it while it on, but it never got super hot.

Sorry for the late reply, but I finally got around to testing other things. I tried taking out the PSU, and put in a slightly older PSU, one that has only a 20-Pin motherboard connector. But the problem still exists, cpu fans are on, so are other fans, no display, no beeps. I managed to remove the heatsink to test the CPU temp, when heatsink is not on top. I let it run for about a minute, and the CPU was beginning to get warm, then I shut it off. So it has to be either the CPU or motherboard now. Any other clues? Other things, I have tried: Changed motherboard battery, reset to default BIOS, removing all other components.

I just found out some good news. I purchased this processor beginning of 2007, which means I am still under warranty. Going to check with AMD on this.

Actually, I'll try taking out the USB bracket reader (the thing that has LED codes of errors). Maybe the motherboard is not beeping because I have the bracket plugged in.

I have tried taking out all the ram, and powered it up, all fans are on, but no beeps, and nothing on screen. And I have tried testing each of the ram, no beeps, only fans. I have never removed the heatsink from the cpu since I first installed it, which was about 3 years ago. Guess I'll try this, but I'll have to get some denatured alcohol.

This might be true, since I was not doing anything CPU intensive, I rarely do. But if my motherboard had indeed fried the CPU, there's no way to test the motherboard of failure then. All capacitors on the board look fine, none bulging.

Nope, I did not overclock, and I don't plan to with a newer cpu. My motherboard is actually very limited in overclocking.

So I think my CPU just died yesterday, parts were purchased more than 3 years ago, so it's out of warranty. It's an AMD Athlon X2 4600+ AM2. I left my computer on, and walked away, came back half an hour later, and computer is completely shut off. I power it back on, all fans turn on (video card, cpu fan, psu fans), but nothing comes on screen. I say the CPU is dead because I have a usb bracket that came with the motherboard, and has 4 LEDs that describes the nature of the problem. All 4 LEDs were red, and according to the motherboard manual, the CPU is either incorrectly installed or damaged. Since the rest of the parts of the PC are still good, and I want to salvage whatever I can use, I'm wondering if it is worth "upgrading". There's a AMD Athlon X2 5200+ on ebay for $70, Retail box. I couldn't find much on newegg for the AM2 sockets.

I don't plan on buying all the hard drives at once, but for the NAS to have a more scalable design. I currently have some hard drives at home that I can use for a NAS. As hard drives get much cheaper, that's when I will purchase more HDs. As of now, I have a budget to buy a NAS that ranges around $500.