Plenty of time for sleep when their dead.

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on April 21, 2011, 15:31:04 PM

Re: the sleep issue, check that your power saving options  are set to power down the drives, it could be that this is all off.

LOL you didn't think that wasn't the first thing I checked!

Sorry, didn't mean to be patronising; when working in web design you're dealing with ignorance every day 

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on April 21, 2011, 17:51:37 PM
Sorry, didn't mean to be patronising; when working in web design you're dealing with ignorance every day 

LOL I reckon all of us on here have worked in something involving some sort of tech support at one time or another. We must all have done the "nah, he must have thought of that.........(5 hours of testing later).......have you tried (insert obvious solution here)......system now works, facepalm"

No worries mate, I once spent half a day trying to work out a network issue on an install of a 50m network cable from the office hub, only to find that it was an issue with the 2m cable from the office computer to the hub!

Think I have sorted the issue anyway now, I hadn't set the drive sleep time (only kidding) I had iTunes set to load at boot, as I wanted to plug it in to the amp and get it to play my tunes, so I could control it from my phone, but although it had no music or anything on it it was stopping the CPU completely dropping down to 5% power I expect so now getting around 30watts, although the hds still appear to be spinning!

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on April 21, 2011, 17:51:37 PM
Sorry, didn't mean to be patronising; when working in web design you're dealing with ignorance every day 

Agreed.
This dude does not appreciate what hes getting here as an example: http://theknowledgegym.fueldesign.co.nz/home-page

£100 cashback has been extended till end of April so I'm going to see about picking one of these up after this holiday break

Looks like you can stick quite a few of the lower level £30 gfx cards in there to turn it into a happy HTPC/Server which is what I was after. The nVidia passive 210 cards seem to be what I would go for over the recommended ATI ones in the HDUK thread only because a lot of the 'live' HTPC and OS's are based of linux which generally work a lot better driver wise with nvida over ati.

Nice it's a great box TBH, Can get 5 HDs internally, and a 6th via e-sata + USB..

Just make sure you get the right model (check serial), and also check that it's purchases until the end of the month and not just form submission?

Just checked and it's still on for the 250Gb model.. good spot mate

how long does the cashback take to come through?

I think it says on the application form... 6 weeks sounds familiar, I'm still waiting for mine at the moment, but had confirmation it had been accepted..

I havn't got my cashback cheque yet but I know they've received it as I had confirmation. I will let you know when it arrives, I'm expecting it in the next couple of weeks.

Just purchased mine and also threw in a 5.25 > 3.25 adapter, 2GB Ram, nVidia 210 low profile. 8GB memory stick and a 4th 2TB Sammy drive.

Will put the 4x Samsung 2TBs into it and boot a XMBC live off the USB stick methinks. Might move over to a full version of Ubuntu or Windows Server at a later date.

hmm I think I'll get one & maybe ditch my popcorn. Want something to serve the house & popcorns are going for £80+ on ebay atm,
so that + the rebate makes for a cheap server.