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HP ProLiant MicroServer

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  • #802
    stylie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭stylie


    I bought this last month
    http://www.hpshop.ie/products.asp?partno=658553-421

    It came with a 120e cash back however it was for the month of November. Saying that I noticed they do cash backs every few months so might be worth waiting


  • #803
    funnyname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭funnyname


    Can you use something like this to stream Sky Go to a 2nd so as to save on paying another multiroom subscription?


  • #804
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    hey guys,

    So my N40l finally arrived. built it up yesterday installing an asus 6450 and a BGT3600 tv card. Running Win 7 pro. XBMC frodo build installed.

    drivers installed for both cards, I installed nextPVR to try scan for channels on the bgt3600, but got no returns. I'm using a dual molex to pcie adaptor to power to the card, using just one of the connections from the spare molex in the ODD bay to link to the card. Light is on on the card, but I'm thinking perhaps not enough power is getting through to the card to power the LNB? Do I need to replace the molxe lead, or at least borrow one of the molexs that would be connected to an (empty for now) HHD slot? Or could my issue be elsewhere? I found no channels on the DVBT scan either, but I've a feeling the wire coming into the house isnt actually connected correctly to the aerial outside. I'll test with rabbit ears when I get the chance. My main concern is getting the sattelite channels working, as this was the whole reason for building the center.
    I've run a scan in WMC also to see if it was a NEXTPVR issue, but nothing found there either. Could it be a case of the wires which I yanked from the sky box arent pared long enough for the connectors on the BGT 3600?

    any help appreciated, I'd hate for this to have been a waste of time (and money!)


  • #805
    Dammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Dammer


    zuroph wrote: »
    hey guys,

    So my N40l finally arrived. built it up yesterday installing an asus 6450 and a BGT3600 tv card. Running Win 7 pro. XBMC frodo build installed.

    drivers installed for both cards, I installed nextPVR to try scan for channels on the bgt3600, but got no returns. I'm using a dual molex to pcie adaptor to power to the card, using just one of the connections from the spare molex in the ODD bay to link to the card. Light is on on the card, but I'm thinking perhaps not enough power is getting through to the card to power the LNB? Do I need to replace the molxe lead, or at least borrow one of the molexs that would be connected to an (empty for now) HHD slot? Or could my issue be elsewhere? I found no channels on the DVBT scan either, but I've a feeling the wire coming into the house isnt actually connected correctly to the aerial outside. I'll test with rabbit ears when I get the chance. My main concern is getting the sattelite channels working, as this was the whole reason for building the center.
    I've run a scan in WMC also to see if it was a NEXTPVR issue, but nothing found there either. Could it be a case of the wires which I yanked from the sky box arent pared long enough for the connectors on the BGT 3600?

    any help appreciated, I'd hate for this to have been a waste of time (and money!)

    I know there were problems with the BG T3650... Google will help you with that.

    And it looks like another boardsie has a problem with XMBC and your BGT 3600...


  • #806
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    thanks, I've been lookibng around but nothing seems to jump out about this issue.

    I bought second hand from genuine seller who it did work for


  • #807
    Brian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,699 ✭✭✭Brian


    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/western-digital-caviar-green-power-2tb-64mb-cache-hard-disk-drive-6gb-s-oem-68-99-1395272

    decent storage drive for a server


  • #808
    Dammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Dammer


    zuroph wrote: »
    thanks, I've been lookibng around but nothing seems to jump out about this issue.

    I bought second hand from genuine seller who it did work for

    This amazon buyer here said he had a prob with WMC with his BG T3650 here and said it was known to BG themselves. (3650)

    What setup was the original owner running?


  • #809
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    Not sure. I'll get in touch with Blackgold and see if they've more troubleshooting steps for me after I run some more tests


  • #810
    Dammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 343 ✭✭Dammer


    zuroph wrote: »
    Not sure. I'll get in touch with Blackgold and see if they've more troubleshooting steps for me after I run some more tests

    Looks like there was early batch problems... Actually I think you may be onto something about the supplied power to the card. See what BG say...

    Here and here

    Hope you get it sorted...

    But if you get bored with your N40L, I'll give it a good home :D

    I have a W7 Pro, W8 Pro with WMC licenses ready to install on this when I eventually get one.

    Kicking myself that I missed this thread...


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  • #811
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    I ordered from servers direct in uk, quite cheap, and the cashback application is on its way. delivered via parcel motel, and ordered via fatcheese.ie for a little more cashback


  • #812
    12 element
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭12 element


    zuroph wrote: »
    I ordered from servers direct in uk, quite cheap, and the cashback application is on its way. delivered via parcel motel, and ordered via fatcheese.ie for a little more cashback


    Is parcel motel necessary to get the cashback offer?


  • #813
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    Not as far as I'm aware, was just slightly cheaper to deliver and easier for me to collect, as an post depot is across town from me.


  • #814
    intro
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭intro


    This is back on special with cashback £100 or €120 until 28th Feb.

    http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-microserver-100-cashback-658553-421

    £110 after cash back & P&P

    http://www.misco.ie/Product/Q444298/HP-Micro-N40L-G7-AMD-Turion-II-Neo-N40L-2GB-250GB-Tower-Server-1-Year-Warranty

    €207 after cash back & P&P.

    http://www.serversplus.com/microserver_cashback

    UK purchase seems a lot cheaper!


  • #815
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭randombar


    Lads just wondering if the uk vouchers work in Ireland in Euros? Probably a broken record on this forum but can't find any Euro versions of the form?


  • #816
    intro
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭intro


    I emailed the UK administrators of the cash back scheme asking: Hi,



    I see there is a €120 cashback on the above product.



    Can i claim this if I purchase the item from a supplier in the UK if Iam residing in Ireland?



    Best regards

    REPLY:



    Hi



    Provided it is a HP UK Preferred Partner then you can. You would just need to let us know if you would require the cash back in Pounds or Euro’s .



    I have attached the Irish Claim form for you.



    Kind Regards



    Alison Birchwhite



    Outbound Field Marketing Services Ltd

    Waterloo House, Riseley Business Park

    Basingstoke Road

    Riseley

    Berkshire

    RG7 1NW



    Tel: 0845 634 4070

    Fax: 0845 634 4071

    Website: www.out-bound.co.uk

    The form she attached said it had to be bought in Ireland


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  • #817
    kdceddj
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭kdceddj


    I'm confused... if we buy the N40L from eBuyer will we be entitled for the cashback?
    Do we have to go through NI Parcelmotel or not? :confused:


  • #818
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    I mailed them on mine, bought from uk site, delivered via parcel motel, and got the cheque in euro for €120 last week.


  • #819
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Beware that even though it's a Euro check, you still need to go to the FX counter, at least in AIB. And there is a fee for cashing the cheque, as well as taking longer to clear. All because it's drawn on HSBC UK.


  • #820
    zuroph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    my cheque cleared instantly in ulster bank with no charge that I can see, its in my account now.


  • #821
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Jesus thats a good deal ! The Dutch Promotion was only 35 euro back ;)


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  • #822
    ixtlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭ixtlan


    €282 including delivery here...
    http://www.hpshop.ie/products.asp?partno=660015R-295

    Assuming the rebate works here that should be €160. That's what I paid about a year ago from Elara. Fantastic little box for playing around it. I'm almost tempted to get another.

    Ix


  • #823
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    ixtlan wrote: »
    €282 including delivery here...
    http://www.hpshop.ie/products.asp?partno=660015R-295

    Assuming the rebate works here that should be €160. That's what I paid about a year ago from Elara. Fantastic little box for playing around it. I'm almost tempted to get another.

    Ix

    Has to be a UK Distributor does it not ?


  • #824
    Panrich
    Registered Users Posts: 3,860 ✭✭✭Panrich


    ixtlan wrote: »
    €282 including delivery here...
    http://www.hpshop.ie/products.asp?partno=660015R-295

    Assuming the rebate works here that should be €160. That's what I paid about a year ago from Elara. Fantastic little box for playing around it. I'm almost tempted to get another.

    Ix

    RFRBD = Refurbished?


  • #825
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,419 ✭✭✭randombar


    keithclancy wrote: »
    Has to be a UK Distributor does it not ?

    Right lads.

    If you use the sterling form you need a uk provider.

    If you use the Euro form (linked a couple of posts back) you need an irish provider.


  • #826
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    Anywhere still selling one? Finally have the money to order one.


  • #827
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Ebuyer have it still, price has gone way up though

    http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-microserver-100-cashback-658553-421

    Price is £260 + £10 delivery to NI (you need to use parcel motel, they dont ship to Ireland). Price was only £210 i think when i ordered last week!

    I almost think you should wait, HP have a habit of extending this offer!

    If you do want to go ahead with it, use google checkout with ebuyer, they will reject credit cards directly and paypal wont have be a verified delivery address


  • #828
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    GaryCocs wrote: »

    Right lads.

    If you use the sterling form you need a uk provider.

    If you use the Euro form (linked a couple of posts back) you need an irish provider.
    Not true. I used Amazon UK and was offered a choice of form.


  • #829
    PCDub
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭PCDub


    VenomIreland wrote: »
    Anywhere still selling one? Finally have the money to order one.

    I've one I powered up twice. Upgraded to 8gb ram, would let it go for 190 if there's any interest.


  • #830
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    For anyone looking to turn this into a home server im going to document what im setting up on a blog (mainly so I'll remember what I did!). There is not much there at the moment but I'll be setting some more stuff up over the weekend


  • #831
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    witnessmenow wrote: »
    Ebuyer have it still, price has gone way up though

    http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-microserver-100-cashback-658553-421

    Price is £260 + £10 delivery to NI (you need to use parcel motel, they dont ship to Ireland). Price was only £210 i think when i ordered last week!

    I almost think you should wait, HP have a habit of extending this offer!

    If you do want to go ahead with it, use google checkout with ebuyer, they will reject credit cards directly and paypal wont have be a verified delivery address
    I think I'll build my own at this stage, will have to think about it, although it's actually surprisingly cheaper than I thought it would be for the thing without any drives (Came up with one that cost €160, if anyone wants the build just ask).
    PCDub wrote: »
    I've one I powered up twice. Upgraded to 8gb ram, would let it go for 190 if there's any interest.
    I'll let you know when I have decided what to do.


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  • #832
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    VenomIreland wrote: »
    I think I'll build my own at this stage, will have to think about it, although it's actually surprisingly cheaper than I thought it would be for the thing without any drives (Came up with one that cost €160, if anyone wants the build just ask).


    I'll let you know when I have decided what to do.

    Im not sure to be honest. I was looking to build one too (as I have already built an atom based one before) and with tax back I definitly would not beat it price wise (or at least for as good of a solution). I Would be interested in hearing your build.

    There is a a low powered AMD ITX board on Amazon for about £65 that has 6 sata ports (so im now at over half my "budget" as the n40l is costing me £120).

    The case and power supply were my biggest problem, I could get stuff for cheap (£25 kinda price) but I was pretty worried that the PSU would be horribly in-efficient as this machine is planned to be left on all the time this was kind of important. A decent psu was costing me £30 + another £25 for a case.

    So that left me at £120 (the price of the N40l) and I haven't bought ram or a hard drive. Now I know I will be buying storage drives anyways, buts handy to have a drive just for OS etc.


  • #833
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    witnessmenow wrote: »
    Im not sure to be honest. I was looking to build one too (as I have already built an atom based one before) and with tax back I definitly would not beat it price wise (or at least for as good of a solution). I Would be interested in hearing your build.

    There is a a low powered AMD ITX board on Amazon for about £65 that has 6 sata ports (so im now at over half my "budget" as the n40l is costing me £120).

    The case and power supply were my biggest problem, I could get stuff for cheap (£25 kinda price) but I was pretty worried that the PSU would be horribly in-efficient as this machine is planned to be left on all the time this was kind of important. A decent psu was costing me £30 + another £25 for a case.

    So that left me at £120 (the price of the N40l) and I haven't bought ram or a hard drive. Now I know I will be buying storage drives anyways, buts handy to have a drive just for OS etc.
    I didn't consider the PSU, it probably would end up costing more long term than the Proliant. I also found out that the Proliant's CPU is more powerful than the one I selected, so I think I'll go ahead with it some time this weeked or even follow up PCDub on his offer (if I can haggle him down a bit;))


  • #834
    tibor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭tibor


    Got mine set up last week. Added an extra 4gb ram, a hd5450 gfx card and a Samsung 840 ssd boot drive. It performs well but I must say I'm very disappointed in noise levels. The main system fan at the back is very loud. Definitely seems more suited to out of sight file server work than under the tv htpc.


  • #835
    stylie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭stylie


    tibor wrote: »
    Got mine set up last week. Added an extra 4gb ram, a hd5450 gfx card and a Samsung 840 ssd boot drive. It performs well but I must say I'm very disappointed in noise levels. The main system fan at the back is very loud. Definitely seems more suited to out of sight file server work than under the tv htpc.

    I have the 512mb Raspberry PI linking the HP to the TV. 0 noise and only a slight issue with buffering on some 1080p movies, but that maybe due to my SMB file system. Plays 3D SBS 1080 with no problem. Maybe resell the RAM and GPU to pay for the PI


  • #836
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    Well, didn't get a response from PCDub, so I think I might spend a bit more and build an mITX system with a Celeron G1620, it'll cost more, but as I want it transcoding media for a few machines around the house, the extra power will be handy.


  • #837
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    I ended up buying one from www.misco.ie (it's shipped from the UK) - €345.61 delivered including 64.59 VAT (which I can claim back as my company bought it) so the overall net price is well below €200 for a great little machine. I've bought some RAM as well for it, just waiting to pick up some 3TB drives and I'll have a decent file server on my hands. I put Windows 2012 Foundations server on it, seems to hum along nicely with that.

    I got an email today saying my cashback claim was approved - any idea how long it takes for the cheque to arrive?


  • #838
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Yakuza wrote: »
    I ended up buying one from www.misco.ie (it's shipped from the UK) - €345.61 delivered including 64.59 VAT (which I can claim back as my company bought it) so the overall net price is well below €200 for a great little machine. I've bought some RAM as well for it, just waiting to pick up some 3TB drives and I'll have a decent file server on my hands. I put Windows 2012 Foundations server on it, seems to hum along nicely with that.

    I got an email today saying my cashback claim was approved - any idea how long it takes for the cheque to arrive?

    Make sure to install the custom bios floating about for it (I'll dig it out later if i think of it) It enables hot swapping of the drives.

    I have mine set up with a 3TB a 1TB and the 250gb that came with it. It is a little loud for under the TV i'd say. Absolutely beautiful case for a small server though


  • #839
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    witnessmenow wrote: »
    Make sure to install the custom bios floating about for it (I'll dig it out later if i think of it) It enables hot swapping of the drives.

    I have mine set up with a 3TB a 1TB and the 250gb that came with it. It is a little loud for under the TV i'd say. Absolutely beautiful case for a small server though

    I'm going to get 3 3TB drives and knock up a storage pool with W2012, I doubt I'll be hot-swapping the drives but if you could post a link to the bios that would be great; I might as well have the option.

    Noise isn't really an issue as I have it the back room (that we don't tend to use that often), it'll be just serving files over a gigabit LAN to one of the devices connected to the TV in the front room. Having said that, it is fairly quiet (but I'll reserve judgement on how loud it is when there are 4 drives in the bay instead of one).


  • #840
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,244 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Sure. Here is the guide i used. Skip to the part where it says critical path check list


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  • #841
    gerryk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭gerryk


    This is back at a bargain €120 after cashback for the N54L model.

    http://www.ebuyer.com/430446-proliant-microserver-turion-2-2-2gb-250gb-nhpl-sata-lff-in-704941-421

    I was waiting for a deal on the N54, and the best I could find 2 weeks ago was €360 + €55 cashback, so I got one in Germany for €230+postage, but with no cashback. Boy am I sick I didn't wait.


  • #842
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Stock dropping by the second.......don't see it lasting another half an hour......


  • #843
    Shiny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭Shiny


    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    Stock dropping by the second.......don't see it lasting another half an hour......
    132 people are about to buy this
    :eek: :)


    Edit: That is with 8 remaining in stock!


  • #844
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Shiny wrote: »
    :eek: :)


    Edit: That is with 8 remaining in stock!

    Frantic entering of credit card details going on all over the UK and Ireland!


  • #845
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


    Gone


  • #846
    Lucutus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Lucutus


    ah crap, I wanted two of these :(


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  • #847
    machalla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭machalla


    I thought ebuyer didn't ship here anymore? Unless they accept parcel motel addresses?


  • #848
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    and it's back AGAIN! :D

    although only for pre-order, but at £109 after cashback it's still pretty bloody good!

    and yes, €3.50 for parcel motel delivery to ireland from the north. :)

    255351.jpg


  • #849
    paddyp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,927 ✭✭✭paddyp


    CAn you definitely claim cashback for ireland? Couldn't find any info.


  • #850
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,955 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    vibe666 wrote: »
    and it's back AGAIN! :D

    although only for pre-order, but at £109 after cashback it's still pretty bloody good!

    and yes, €3.50 for parcel motel delivery to ireland from the north. :)
    Delivery to Northern Ireland is £10 extra isnt it ?


  • #851
    thesteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 902 ✭✭✭thesteve


    paddyp wrote: »
    CAn you definitely claim cashback for ireland? Couldn't find any info.

    Yeah, I did but I bought from elara at the time I think.


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