[geeks] [rescue] little low-wattage servers

[Nick B]

Submit it to the DOJ as proof of continued abuse of a monopoly.  Not that
they care.. meh
Nick

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24 Jan 2012, at 17:34, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My MicroServer arrived today, doing a test install of Windows Server
> > 2008 R2 from a USB DVD, progressing fine.
>
> Excelllent.
>
> > Seems a bit snug inside, but it all fits and looks like it has decent
> airflow,
>
> Open the door while it's running. That big fan in the back moves a
> crap-ton of
> air and the whole thing is designed for thru-flow. It is cosy which makes
> maintenance of the board interesting at times. Mine has a Radeon fanless
> gfx
> card in that probably generates more heat than the CPU - no heat issues
> here!
>
> > I wanted to up the memory, but I had a hard time with the "custom"
> > (AKA most-likely a standard connector I'm not familiar with) SATA data
> > connector, so I'm gonna leave the thing as-is for now and see how it
> > runs (noise, heat, etc). Anyone know the right way to remove that 4x
> > SATA connector from the MB? Squeeze and pull didn't quite do it, but
> > may not have used enough force...
>
> That is a pain, yeah. There's a knack to it. I think I slipped a thin flat
> blade screwdriver down the outside of the metal holding tab. I think the
> metal
> clip doesn't compress far enough to release it fully.
>
> AFAIK that's a standard SATA raid connector for 4-channel RAID arrays.
>
> > Also, it appears I need to supply my own SATA cable from the MB to the
> > optical bay on top, is that correct?
>
> Yup. The Optical drive is optional. You'll need to provide a molex to SATA
> adapter for it too unless they updates the loom fromm the N36L.
>
> > Now I need to figure out what to do with the copy of WHS2011 that
> > saved me $50 on the combo deal...
>
> eBay it from 50 bucks... ;)
>
> --
> Mark Benson
>
> http://markbenson.org/blog
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