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Hey all. Quick networking question. I am wondering how to set up gigabit network speeds on the house network when I have a 10/100 Buffalo tomato-firmware router. On the 1st floor of the house I have an 8-port gigabit unmanaged switch. If I connect that switch into another gigabit switch for...

Hey all. I have been using my WHS v1 + DAS setup for about 4-5 years with good success. Pretty much I just need it to store files & computer back-ups. I have certain folders (movies, pictures, documents) duplicated. My issue is, running on WHS v1, I'm stuck with 2TB drives and I would like to...

Hey everyone. I'm looking at using a USB DAC/Amp combo on my HTPC to u power headphones for movie watching when I can't use the home theater speakers. Does anyone have any experience with this type of situation? Right now I'm using Mediaportal as my front-end. Video/audio output via HDMI from...

Hey all. I've been running my WHS build for over a year w/ no major issues. All of a sudden this offline issue has been showing up. The server goes off the network and I need to either reset or pull and re-plug in the network cable off the mobo to get things back online. Normally I'd receive...

Hey all! Kind of an odd problem here. I have a WHS that I've had now for over a year. Not sure when this problem started cause I honestly don't ever shut down my server but on the rare occassion that I need to, my WHS will not power down. Through the WHS console (or remotely logged in) I...

Hey all! Question for those that have a main WHS server and then a 2nd box of drives connected via an expander card. I've decided it's time I get a UPS considering I've had two minor power outages in the last week. (Both less than 5 minutes). My question is how do I handle the fact that my...

Hey all. I've had my WHS running for over a year now and every so often I'll have a drive go "missing" (same drive usually) but a reboot brings it back, SMART data looks good, etc. Well this time the reboot didn't fix the problem so I ran chkdsk on the drive but everything came back good. So...

Hey all. I have a cooling question regarding my AMD X2 regor 245 that's in my HTPC. The stock HSF is starting to get a little too noisy for my tastes (even with the bios setting of "low" cpu fan speed). I will try to clean it out and see if that helps but if not, does anybody have any...

Hey all. I ran HD Tune tests on all my drives in my WHS and noticed something peculiar with my OS drive (WD20EADS). Is this test indicative of poor performance or imminent failure? I ran the error test on it and it scanned for 10hours and all blocks were green/OK and everything is "OK" under the...

Hey all! Normally when I build a comp, I install a CPU and RAM and the whole nine yards. This time I was building an drive expander box for my server so I just needed a motherboard to power up my expander card. I opted for an Asus P5G41C-M LX and when I powered the mobo, I heard no beeps from...

Hey all. Quick WHS question that I couldn't find in the FAQ. Will WHS use the system drive to store data? I have 8 drives in my WHS build right now. 7 are 85% usage or more and the system drive (2TB WD drive) is @ 23% usage. Will WHS start using that drive to store the files I'm transferring...

Hey everyone. Question for all the pros out there. I've got my WHS build (self-build) running low on capacity and physical space for hard drives and was looking at picking up something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111051&cm_re=tr8m-_-16-111-051-_-Product...

Hey everyone! Question for all those well versed in WHS. Does the backup system in WHS not work like Windows System Restore? I tried to revert to an old backup and when I "opened" the backup, according to Windows Help, I was supposed to copy+paste the files from the backup to the current...

Hey all. So I've built my WHS and used a Lian Li Lancool case I had around. Ultimately, when I've filled up all the 3.5" bays (inlcuding the extras from the 3x5.25"-4x3.5" cage I installed) I'll still have 5 ports leftover. My question is, is there a product out there to let me run extended...

Hey all. Hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction. First here's the hardware in question: Mobo: Zotac GF8200-D-E GPU: MSI Radeon 4350 HDMI cable connected from GPU to Denon 2310 AVR. Here's the scoop: So I installed a fresh full version of Windows 7 on my HTPC over...

Does anybody have a guide/tutorial to getting uTorrent to run on WHS? I've got it running fine but it seems it only comes on when I remote desktop in the server. Then the RSS feeder kicks on and uTorrent starts DLing. I'd rather have uTorrent always on. I want to be able to reboot my server and...

Hey all! So I just got my WHS up and running and transferred over almost 150gb of music and 7.5gb of photos from my main workstation to the WHS. Both are the "Shared" folders on WHS and duplication is on. My question is, why does the "Server Storage" tab show 157gb under Shared Folders but only...

Hey all! So I'm trying to get an early start on how to process my new WHS I'll be building. I want to move my RAID1 setup (2x1TB) from my workstation (which has music, documents, and photos) into my WHS. I know I no longer need to setup RAID in WHS and WHS will duplicate the data for me. The...

Hey all. So I've decided to build my own WHS box than buy one of those HP mediasmarts. It'll do media streaming and torrenting. That's pretty much it. I've come up with the following build: CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor HSF: ??? Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H PSU: Antec EarthWatts Green...

Does any body have a link/walkthrough for setting up bit-perfect streaming thru winamp (or foobar) with ASIO4ALL? I'm trying to use the onboard sound off my Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P mobo. I thought the idea behind ASIO4ALL was allowing me to have bit-perfect streaming regardless of the audio...

Hey all. So I've got the Anyware GP-IR01BK remote (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003&cm_re=anyware_remote-_-80-121-003-_-Product) and setup Media Portal on my HTPC. Whenever I try to wake the HTPC from sleep, I press the power button on the remote (it's the only...

Hey all! I just picked up this guy from newegg (MSI R4350-MD512H) and apparently it's low-profile READY not actually low-profile. It came with no low profile bracket which I need because the reg. bracket is too tall for my case. (Right now it's sitting in the case w. no bracket, lol) Anybody...

I've come across a weird one here that I never noticed til just now since I got my HTPC up and running. I've got part of my movie collection backed up on my rig (as .mkv's) and that includes a few hd-dvd movies. Well my HTPC, as well as my laptop, can see the entire shared Movie folder and...

Hey all! Just got done building my new HTPC and I was hoping everything was going to be all nice and quiet. Well I was browsing the internet and navigating thru windows when I hear some squealing type noise, clearly audible. I put my ear over the HDD (WD Green 640GB sata) and I hear nothing. Put...

Hey guys. I've got my HTPC up and running finally and displaying on my LCD. Problem is, the image is filling up the entire screen. I've got the resolution set up to 1920x1080 and my tv is set to "Unscaled" (as opposed to forcing 4:3 or 16:9 etc). Am I missing a setting somewhere on the HTPC? I...

Hey all! I know in a couple months, when the final version of W7 comes out, I'll have to prep to reload my systems. My question is what's the most painless way to do this considering I've been using the RC, and consequently, loaded up software, profiles, etc. on it? I backup my systems using...

Hey all. Quick question regarding ethernet speed. How important is wired 1000Mbps speed as opposed to 100Mbps speed. The reason I asked is I ordered (and received, otherwise I'd just cancel) a mobo for my HTPC build that apparently doesn't go up to gigabit speeds. Will I run into issues...

Hey all. I saw in an earlier thread, somebody posted a newegg combo on an AMD 245 Regor and Zotac 8200 board (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-SlickDeals&cm_mmc=AFC-SlickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&ItemList=Combo.216717) Now I know the Zotac doesn't have an HDMI output...

Hey all. I've been reading a lot on HTPC hardware and I've got a question hopefully somebody can clear up. I see a lot of people not content w. their SD picture quality (DVDs) when just using onboard graphics. A lot of people recommend getting an ATI 4xxx series card to help with that. If my...

Hey all! So I've begun ripping my dvd collection into MKVs (via MakeMKV) and I've run into some snags. I can't get 7MC to display subtitles. This is a really huge issue when I'm trying to watch, say, House of Flying Daggers, since I don't know Mandarin! :D I've installed FFDShow but I only...

Hey all. I'm looking into building a WHS for my home and came across a combo on newegg that's piqued my interest. What's everybody's thought on the following? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-SlickDeals&cm_mmc=AFC-SlickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&ItemList=Combo.213493...

Hey all. I'm contemplating building an HTPC for my living room and had a couple questions. For now, all my files will be served off my main rig and I'm planning to run some cat6 for wired connections. My biggest concern is getting windows media center (running windows 7) working properly. I...

Hey all. Need some help building a little server for my home. Any help would be greatly appreciated. First off, the questions: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 3) Where do you live? 4) What...

Hey all! I'm looking for an ID3 tag software that could help me retag my collection. Here's what I'm looking for. All my music is organized by artist (main folder) - album (sub folder) - songs. Is there something that can automatically grab the artist and album from the folders and tag...

Hey all! So I've been using my dual 2209WA's for a few weeks now and my calibration hardware/software has arrived (Eye-one Display LT) and I have some questions hopefully you guys can help me out with. I've run through the calibration software (which btw - barely changed any of my settings)...

Hey all! So I have a network question I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on. I've recently set up 2 routers w. Tomato firmware. The 2nd is setup as a wireless ethernet bridge and I have an htpc and xbox hooked into it. The 1st router is the DHCP router and i have my main rig and cable modem...

Hey guys. This might seem like a silly question but I'm looking to tinker with Win7 on a fresh build and wanted to know if loading RAID drivers during initial install is the same as in Vista? I'm new to Win7 & Vista & RAID (I've been hanging with XP for quite some time and never dabbled with...

Hey guys. I'm putting together my i7 system and I'd like to know if Corsair offers a certain kind of cable for their modular series. I'm using the Antec P182B as my case and I've got 4 sata drives in the lower drive bay. Does Corsair offer a sata cable w. 4 power connectors on one line? I...

Hey guys! So I'm in the process of building my i7 system and had a question about the dark knight cooler. I've never dealt with a compression system before. Are there any quirks about it? I installed it quickly last night and basically just screwed down the four bolts til they would not turn...

Hey all. I've been considering building a WHS for my home for file storage but what I really want out of it is to stream media to my xbox 360, either wired or wirelessly, depending where I place the box. Now I know WHS can stream to the 360, but my issue is with mkv containers, which the 360...