Recent content by shawngibson

Well, I started with SBS 2003/R2 by my vendor's error - my main goal is to run a webserver with Server 2003, ColdFusion under Apache 2.2 and MS SQL Server 2005 Express. For my main domain (I will be running 4 domains, but only one needs email, though I could in theory have one of the others...

Works for me:) Long as I know it's normal - I was actually told 2003 Standard will itself only read 3Gb, so upping the box to 8Gb, my plan, I was told, would have been a waste of money - I guess eventually the plan should be to go 2003/64bit. I was hoping to vmware in Exchange until I can get a...

Hi Guys, is it normal for 4x1Gb sticks of DDR 400 (Kingston, SM-recommended) RAM to show up as 3.5 GB in an H8DCE-HTe with with 2003 Server Standard 32-bit (not R2) with the latest updates as of yesterday, to show up as 3.5Gb RAM in System? When I do the same with my development box (4Gb...

Thanks Guys, sorry I've not been back to respond (to, uh, well...whatever). I got the 2 procs running, with a GB each...all is back to normal. I want to get it up to 2x285s and first of all an extra 2gb ram per proc...I'll thereafter build an Apache/SVN versioning server, and general data...

The goal for me is 2Gb per proc eventually, and VMWare for a couple of server configurations running, one only for testing (i.e., when required)...so if right now it's plodding along like a mule for the setup, I'm not super worried. I'll wait a couple more months for 285s to hopefully come down...

I'm not worried about performance at this stage, just having it run to set everything up...I assume installations like ColdFusion and PHP and MS SQL Express and MySQL etc. don't really pay attention during the install process as to what's available processor/ram wise? Maybe MS SQL would, come to...

Thanks guys, much appreciated. I'll get to work then, and hopefully the new ram is in it by the weekend... Shawn

Hi, Just got an H8DCE-Hte back from RMA, they replaced it. But when I went to install Win2003SBS I kept getting some weird error at the beginning of the setup, so I looked it up online, and it indicated a bad ram module. Turned out to be the case - I followed the instructions, and pulled the...

Definitely have no patience on the hardware side of things (or talent LOL), and when it comes to things like this, very expensive things that cost me an arm and a leg not working, I tend to lose my brain LOL. I'm bringing it in to get it set up properly...probably a better idea even when I'm...

I give up. The whole thing crashed when I tried to install the PNY Quadro drivers. I have to take it in. Spend over $10,000 on a computer that's taken me a year to save for, and I can't even run the thing on now. I don't think W2003 SBS is compatible with the PNY Quadro 1400. The plan was to use...

I give up, had no idea how to separate the lines...very sorry about that! Shawn

Hi Guys, Maybe noticed I've not been around for months (lucky you!). I've been trying to fumble my way through this for the last few months, but the hardware end of it has just left me lost. I have the H8DCE in a SuperMicro SC-832. Running 2 150/Raptors and 3/76 Raptors. Dual proc...

edit: I left RAID off...does that need to be on to register the extra non-raid SATAs? edit 2: does rev. 1.1 and rev 1.4 sound correct? If so, I chose rev 1.4...I might not know what you mean, though. Thanks. I'll have to check out the thread. I'm trying to fudge with as little as possible...