Hi All,
I bought one of the HP microservers a few weeks back with the plan of putting in my rack at the datacentre for R1Soft CDP - the beast arrived and I realised what a little gem it is, i decided i would make use of it at home rather than give it to my clients to use ;-) I've followed this guide and it's great (if a bit messy right now) and do have some questions to ask but first off i thought i'd put some details of my upgrades to it here so others don't make the same mistake as me....
RAM:
do not buy this (it doesn't work!)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003OSTDPI/ref=oss_product - Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V unbuffered from
ebuyer work perfectly though!
I chose
this graphics card too - not tested on the TV as still setting the remote up but I am led to believe we will get sound out of the HDMI port :-) The low profile bracket is the wrong way round for the microserver so you will need some tin snips so you can cut off the VGA part.
So my setup is now:
HP Microserver with 8gb RAM, 512MB 5450 Graphics card, 1 x 250gb HDD (original drive), 3 x Samsung F3's (1tb each) and 1 x Samsung F4 (2tb). Probably overkill but will last me a while i hope :-)
I'm using the XMBC Commander app on the iPad for a remote until i can find the ir reciever for my Windows remote - so far not actually too impressed with XBMC Commander.
On to my question.... When windows starts, i want SickBeard, CouchPotato and SABnzbd to run before XBMC - i've put shortcuts to all in the startup folder but when i boot, XBMC fires up and then we get the browser open over the top of it. I have set the properties for them all to startup minimised with the exception of XMBC that should be fullscreen. Anyone know a way to fix this as the wife/kids will get somewhat confused....