Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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How to Hack your HP EX470/475 MediaSmart Server

Tom’s Hardware has a comprehensive look at hacking the HP EX470 and EX475 MediaSmart Servers. As well as comparing the EX47* and EX48* generations, the 12 page guide details replacing the memory to a 2GB module, adding Arctic Silver thermal compound to improve heat transfer from the Northbridge and also installing a replacement CPU in […]

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Windows Home Server from the Dominican Republic

There is another blog in hyperspace dedicated to Windows Home Server and this one is from the Dominican Republic. So if you speak Spanish, then WHS.rd is where you can find the latest WHS news.

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Samsung EcoGreen F2EG Hard Drives

Samsung has launched the EcoGreen F2EG hard disks which deliver upto a massive 1.5TB of capacity on 3 x 500GB platters. The blurb states: “Lower platter count means less power to start the motor, less power to continuously spin the motor and a lighter head-stack which takes less power to seek,” said Andy Higginbotham, director […]

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Epson SV120h Windows Home Server

Epson Japan has a new Windows Home Server. The SV120h comes with either a 2GHz Celeron 575 or a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo P8600 with a 160GB  to 1TB (2x500GB) hard drive.   Powered by the Intel GM45 Express chipset, the SV120h has 1GB of RAM (expandable up to 4GB) and comes with multi DVD. […]

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ICYDock MB674SPF-B SATA Hard Drive Backplane Module

Website PCStats takes a look at the ICYDock MB674SPF-B, which is a serial ATA hard drive backplane module fitting four hard drives into a case with at least three open 5.25" drive bays. The 3 page review can be found here.

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Add-In: Grid Junction 1.4 RC

Kentdome Technologies has released a new version of the uninterruptable power supply (UPS) add-in for Windows Home Server. The 1.4 release candidate version of Grid Junction has the following changes: New real-time Hardware Monitor feature New Improve Grid Junction feature USB unplugged GUI refresh fixed Revised update checking workflow and mechanics Potential memory leak in […]

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Windows Software Update Services on WHS

Kevin Royalty has updated his article on how to use Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) on your Windows Home Server. Having WSUS on your Home Server enables WHS to store the downloaded Windows Updates and have them pushed out from there to your connected PCs, enabling you to preserve your bandwidth and control which updates […]

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Windows Home Server Restore CD 0x0000007B Fix

If you are trying to fix a problem with your PC by using the Windows Home Server Restore CD and receive a BSOD with the STOP code 0x0000007B then there is a fix. Blog "How Steve Got Burned Today" takes us through the problem, explaining the issue and what to do to resolve the problem, […]

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Using Time Machine with the MediaSmart EX47x

If you would like to know how to use the Mac Time Machine with the EX470 and EX475 MediaSmart Servers  from HP then MediaSmarthome.com has a 3 page post on how to accomplish it. From enabling Time Machine for backup to the SMB Shares to relocating your backup to the MediaSmart Server this guide has […]

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Microsofts CEO Loves Windows Home Server

Over the last few days iv been at a summit in Seattle for Microsofts Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) as well as being on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond where iv been hanging out with the Windows Home Server Team and my fellow WHS MVPs (Nice to see you guys!). The good news is that the […]