The following is a guest article written by forum member Dan “Nomad” Muzenjak. Thank you, Dan, for sharing your hard work with us. 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 […]
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Forum member “ymboc” has long been a great technical contributor in the MediaSmartServer.net forums. First he uncovered the layout of the MediaSmart Server debug port, then figured out how to modify the BIOS of the EX470 and EX475 to use an AMD X2 processor, next he documented the registry keys that manage the fan speed […]
Forum member “festiva” has posted about his experience setting up a touchscreen display to work with his MediaSmart Server LX195. The display is mounted on the wall near outside the closet that houses the LX195. Here is festiva’s description of the project. I have successfully installed a Lilliput 7″ touchscreen monitor directly to my LX195. […]
Forum member “cakalapati” makes and sells the MediaSmart Server VGA/PS2/Serial debug cables (that also work on the Acer easyStore). Now he’s working on an idea for a new hardware modification for Home Servers, and he wants your input on how to make it meet your needs. More and more people are building their own WHS […]
The MediaSmart Server is generally recognized as being quite reliable, with only occasional reports of hardware failures being reported in the forums. Of these few reported cases, the most common failure I’ve seen mentioned in the forums has been the power supply. Unfortunately this power supply is not an easily user replaceable part, with no […]
There is no denying that the MediaSmart Server is one attractive piece of home computer equipment. Some people love the hardware, but would rather run another operating system besides Windows Home Server. We’ve seen a few users install Server 2003, a few more have tried Server 2008, but the largest and most active group have […]
A few weeks ago, fellow MVP Donavon West gave us the first glimpse at the Home Servidor, a combination Home Server and cigar humidor. Donavon has just sent word that these impressive devices are now available for sale and have begun shipping. The Home Servidor is hand crafted and provides humidity controlled storage for your […]
The Mac community has been bit by the Home Server bug when HP released the EX485 and EX487 MediaSmart Servers with the support for Time Machine backups. There’s been enough interest from Mac owners to prompt the creation of a Macs and Home Servers forum discussion group on the site. However, the Windows Home Server […]
Forum moderator Nigel “Cougar” Wilks has been hard at work getting all the steps ironed out for installing the 2.5 Software Update installed and running on the EX470 and EX475 MediaSmart Server, and I’ve been helping out when I can. This has been made more complicated by HP pulling the original 26972 release, but fortunately […]
If you’ve seen the MediaSmart Server in retail stores, you’ve likely seen the demo units that are created to show off the sleek form factor and soothing blue glow of the server. These demo units are stripped down to pretty much just a shell with a power supply and LEDs. The motherboard is in the […]