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[SOLD] For sale is a used NORCO RPC-4020. I haven't used it in the past few years. The accessories are included. It is in good condition and was only used in a home environment. Since I don't have the original box, I am only offering local pickups. I am in Huntington Beach, CA. I can drive out...

I'll be running Win8, If the ports are shared, does that mean that they use the same bus or that if you use the M2 then you lose those two ports? I also just noticed that one of the onboard ports is a SATA express. Can you connect a regular SATA drive to that? Sorry, haven't built a system in a...

I was about to buy this board, and now I don't think it will work in my application. I am trying to build a six drive NAS inside a Fractal Design NODE 304 case. It will be running FlexRAID. I was hoping to use all six drive bays for the storage drives, and use the M2 slot for the OS drive...

Are the case fans 4 pin? I am thinking about replacing the internals with a Supermicro X10SLM+-F motherboard + Intel E3 proc. Will the motherboard be able to control the speed of the fans so that it does not sound like a jet engine. How about the PSU fans? Are they loud? Can they be speed...

I currently have a HP N36L with 5x2TB drives running in FlexRAID. Unfortunately, the enclosure cannot take any more drives so I am looking for an external solution. I was thinking about getting the following HBA card and enclosure so that I can add more drives. LSI 9200-8e Controller Card...

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I placed Win8 on a USB thumb drive (using the Microsoft USB tool), but it won't boot from it. The manual said to hit the power key and Windows key at the same time to enable the BIOS utility. Hitting F2 and F12 does nothing. That was the problem I was having before when I wanted to get into...

I have an Acer W500 that has Win8 RP installed on it. A couple of days ago I tried to get into the BIOS to check if I could enable the tablet to power on automatically when plugging in the AC power. The only way to get into the BIOS with Win8 installed was to turn of the Fast Boot feature...

Thanks for the info guys. If I look for part number "620827-001" the cheapest I can find it for is $140. Part number "630295-001" is $240. Searching by using the power supply model numbers does not return anyone selling it. This is the second NAS that has died on me in the past two years. I am...

I have a N36L and it looks like the power supply failed. Unfortunately, the warranty expired. Does anyone know the part number?

Now if someone can confirm if port multipliers are safe to use in OpenSolaris. I don't have the capability of running a large server box due to space so I need a modular solution.

I am thinking about doing the following: Create a RAIDZ1 of 5x2TB drives Create a storage pool with these drives Create another RAIDZ1 of 5x3TB drives at a later date Add the 5x3TB RAIDZ1 to the original storage pool By doing this will I see the storage pool as if it were just one large...

Is it safe to use port multipliers in running a RAIDZ? What is the opitmal number of drives to have when creating a RAIDZ1? I am still researching about ZFS, but from what I have read so far once created, a RAIDZ1 cannot be expanded. Only the pool can be expanded. Is that correct? I am looking...

I am also considering getting a Synology since my WHS died last week. I was looking to get the DS1511+ and DX510, until I saw that they will be coming out with a 12 drive-bay unit. http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=165&t=34407&start=30 Unfortunately, there is no release date...