Recent content by oneofusjustin

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    no power after screw fell in case

    i had a build up and running. MSI x99a SLI plus motherboard had windows installed. all was good had mobo about a year with light use. Today i moved the machine to my main desk. i went to turn it on and it poped right off. I looked and there was a fan screw sitting on the motherboard. and i cant...
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    how to install drivers on Ubuntu server?

    i have a raid controller :3Ware 9650SE-8LPML I need to install the driver so i can setup my raid array because wedmin isnt seeing any of the 3 drives on the card. It only detects the USB drive that is running Ubuntu server. Im new and my head is spinning. can anyone walk me through installing...
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    NO ram 5 short beeps 1 long.. with ram no beeps no video...

    http://www.memoryamerica.com/hmt151r7bfr4c-h9.html thats the ram as far as i can see its compatible. As long as atleast 1 stick of ram is in i get no beeps at all. just power and fans spinning. i will try to take it out of the case tho, that is a good idea.
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    NO ram 5 short beeps 1 long.. with ram no beeps no video...

    ok so my re-purposed box is giving me some issues. its a supermicro MBD-X8STI-O LGA 1366 Xeon L5520 With atleast 1 stick of ram and no pci cards i get no beeps and no boot, no bios, nothing just fans spin and a black screen Without ram i get 5 short beeps and one long at the end its...
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    advice on setting up a WAN stream box

    Will freenas be able to use PLEX or other things like XBMC? i was under the impression it was just a basic file server platform. Also what are the advantages to encoding on the server side, and what software would it require to be able to do that?
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    advice on setting up a WAN stream box

    The box Xeon Quad 2.2ghz 24 gigs ram 3x 2tb Raid 5 1 random hdd for os 1gb network on a 50 up 50 down line My goal is to make a box that i can fill up with media ( music and videos) that i can then stream to a smart TV, computer, tablet or phone over the internet to myself in the outside...
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    Alienware laptops compared to Macbook pros.

    steam for mac is bringing alot of games out. but the macbook pros just dont have the gpu
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    Home file server Build questions

    That HP box would make a great footrest under my desk! thats a huge +1 to me lol if i do my own build, what should i go for NIC? dual intel $35 cards be ok?
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    Home file server Build questions

    ok now that does make alot more sense i was under the impression it ran a proprietary OS and would be limited on configuration. this is a little more attractive to me at this point.
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    Home file server Build questions

    LOL i know.. as the subject of my thread states, i want to build a server, not a doohickey
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    Home file server Build questions

    the thing is i dont want an external drive enclosures. i want a 24/7 box. my workstation is not economical even at idle for 24/7 so some windows configured network drive is not an option
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    Home file server Build questions

    Google Raid 1.
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    Home file server Build questions

    im looking to build a simple home file server. It will be used for NOTHING besides offloading and backing up pictures and videos from my current workstation box. I will be using a basic 2 drive raid 1 setup. but i have a couple questions, mainly because i tend to overkill on hardware, but im...
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    re installing OS on new HDD

    only problem is my current HDD doesnt have the integrity to do copies, thats why its being replaced
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    re installing OS on new HDD

    ok so i bought my mac book pro used. It came with the creative suite, with like garage band and that stuff. The problem is the hard drive is going out after a fist slam. I have a new hard drive on the way but this is my first mac so i have no idea what to do. Id like to be able to keep my...