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  1. 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
  2. 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?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Soldering is so useful, I fixed two Netgear switches because of soldering. Had to replace blown up capacitors.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Nope, I did not overclock, and I don't plan to with a newer cpu. My motherboard is actually very limited in overclocking.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. My budget is around $500, which doesn't really include the hard drives.
  17. It's definitely cheapter when it comes to what you can buy with the same amount of money. MB $50 Proc $50 Ram $30 PSU $50 Case $50 Video $30 For around $250 for a basic box compared to NAS cage Although, I don't mind spending a little more for a much smaller device, such as the HP Mediasmart or ReadyNas
  18. I'm looking to purchase a stand-alone NAS server for my home network. I know the DIY NAS server with FreeNAS, but I need something with much lower power consumption, so no need for video card and unnecessary hardware. Here are some things I will need from the NAS: 1. RAID 0/1/5 striping 2. 4 drive bays 3. Support for 1TB or 1.5TB drives per bay, so max capacity is about 3TB to 4.5TB for a single shared drive 4. Warning/Error notifications: ie. a drive has failed 5. Low power consumption and noise (fans?) 6. Powers down when inactive for a set amount of time 7. Decent GUI web interface for configurations Not needed, but pluses to have: 8. Video Media server- for PS3 9. iTunes Server If all else fails, is there a guide somewhere on the web, that can guide you to building a home NAS with minimal hardware requirements? Thanks
  19. I have a Macbook, so here are my reasons... Portability -It's not heavy -Fits in a standard 13" case -It's thin and not chunky Appearance -It's a pretty white -Clean design from the inside and out -The awesome apple logo on the LCD panel High Tech -Not exactly the most powerful Mac, but it gets the job done -I can run Bootcamp for Windows OS! -Leopard OS with Unix base rules all
  20. NES SNES Dreamcast PS2 PS3 My Main Rig: Athlon 4600+ (2.4GHz) MSI K9N Platinum 4x1GB Corsair PC6400 eVGA GTKO 7950 512MB Sunbeam Nuuo PSU Coolermaster Centurion 5 case 250GB OS drive 500GB Data drive 1TB Data/Backup drive (with Antec cooling enclosure) 500GB USB backup drive 2xDVD-+RWs (Really want to change these to a single SATA optical drive) Samsung 22" WS LCD Some old Cambridge Soundworks speakers Laptop: Mac OS X I believe it's 2.4GHz, 2GB ram, 160 HD, Intel video chipset
  21. That sounds pretty tough to obtain a MS certification compared to CCNA. I'm actually interested in the CCNA, but I don't have access to a Cisco router for testing. Do you guys know which router I should pick up on ebay? I've seen ones that are close to $1k, which I probably don't really need.
  22. It definitely is heart pounding. Wow...I never thought of taking two in one day, but I did take both A+ exams within an hour from each other. My next cert is probably CCNA and Security+. Although, there's also a CCENT, not sure if I should start with that first.
  23. It's actually a little hard just by looking at it. Since the addresses are classless, you need to do some bit-wise logic math. Because the supernetting defined is 25 bits, the two hosts can not be on the same subnet. If the question was 10.0.0.100/24 and 10.0.0.200/24, then they can be in the same subnet. I actually took a shortcut to solve this problem, you can find this on youtube. Basically you figure out the subnets first, then apply the individual hosts to their appropriate subnet, I hope I'm making some sense. Since the exam did not mention L 3 switch, I ignored the switches overall. But if the L3 switch can be configured to route certain traffic to another subnet, then it should work, I'm not sure.
  24. Hey guys, thanks for the input on the Network+ and Cisco certs. I just finished my exam earlier today, and passed! Passing score for the 2009 edition is 720/900. I obtained a 860/900, which I did much better on this than the A+ cert. In the end, I can say that I definitely put enough time to study for this exam, if not, more. Some of the questions were actually rather tricky if you do not pay attention. What type of address is this: 169.236.0.1? I almost selected APIPA, until I realized that this is actually a public address. APIPA are within 169.254.0.0 subnet and 255.255.0.0 subnet mask. Another tricky one if you do not understand CIDR or supernetting... What network device will you need in order for the following hosts to communicate: 10.0.0.100/25 and 10.0.0.200/25 I almost selected L2 Switch until I saw that the subnet mask divides the network with 10.0.0.0 and 10.0.0.128 subnets.
  25. How long do the CCNA certs last? I believe I read from the Cisco site that it will last about 3 years, is that true?
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