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It's pretty much brand new. Seems to be the fan at the rear of the unit, if I cover it with my hand the sound goes away. Unfortunately it sits in my home theater closet which is open to the room, and is really annoying. I'll crack it open today and look at the insides.

My Dell 2824 is incredibly loud... louder than any other component in my room by far :) Anyone ever modified the fans or even better just killed them entirely? I searched but couldn't find confirmation that anyone had tried.

Was in mine last night, 3 days to close. Grabbed an HD-A30 for $50. Was about the only thing left that interested me.

FYI, my local store had the base model Owlink FO2800 for $116. That's a SERIOUS discount from the best prices online. Even on Ebay they go for well over $200. That and some outdoor speakers were about all I could find of interest ;)

Thanks OP, snagged some nice stuff :) After snow blowing all weekend I needed some of it!

Actually it looks like the combo deal may be gone...

What diags do you suggest running on them?

I don't know, my new 9300 build in a mATX case seems like a real winner. I guess ITX is cool, but you can get really small with mATX and still retain good functionality.

Yep, have mine loaded up with 4 of them and 4 more in my enclosure. They only report as 1.35TB which I assume is a Windows thing.

I like that case, though it's pricey :) Are you worried about 24p or the lossless codecs?

Hrm, same as what I bought.

Oh, I bit on it... what the heck. I am building an HTPC and this should help the noise floor :)

Someone in Colorado keeps trying to snatch up all the S3500 aucitons :) Must be a reseller.

Can I flash them with an eSata enclosure or do I need to crack open one of my cases?

So I've got mine and am trying to set it up with 4 1.5TB Seagates. I'm a little concerned that I should be upgrading the firmware on these puppies, but I guess I need to do that BEFORE I stick them in? Getting really lousy transfer rates as well, not sure where I am going wrong.

Hooray, got my $180 cashback credited today! I started building my server too. 4 1.5tb drives humming away. On Monday my external SATA enclosure comes and I can add the other 4.

You were complaining about all the HP bloatware, that's why I was saying roll it back to XP.

Still nothing back on my EX470 :( Sometimes I hate MS.

Not seeing a $150 instant discount?

Hey brons, do what I did (if you feel like it) and roll it back to XP. My S3500T is working so much better that way. And with the recovery partition I COULD go back to Vista if I wanted to. I also swapped the BD drive for an LG BD/HD-DVD combo drive. Only thing I'm not liking is how...

Best deal right now seems to be Ebay with the cash back (or HP if Microsoft ever makes good on the promise to redo the 40% day)

Great, thanks

Captain, had you already received 3% instead of the 40% or had you received nothing at all? So far everyone I know that has been credited are those that received the 3% instead of 40%.

Snagged 2. Anyone know if you can cascade them? Do they have a dedicated uplink or is that not needed?

Good to hear... maybe someday I'll get mine :)

Anyone received anything else from MS? It's been 5 days since I emailed them, and no response.

The theory is it needs to be an Ebay powerseller with a certain number of stars...

I'd wait to be sure. You have 21 days to request an RMA from HP.

We'll see if they actually come up with my 40% or not :(

Huh... well, maybe it will work out after all :)

Ditto. And right back it will go.

FYI, this is what I ended up purchasing as an external cage: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400011256031

Still only 6 sata ports on that mb, though it is better than 2 :) I'd have to grab some SATA controllers from somehwere...

Some cashbacks (randomly!) are instant.

How many free drive cages in this thing? Thinking about it for a cheapo WHS build myself.

Anyone know where I could snag another 9500GS? I like the HDMI out ;)

Sent my inquiry as well, though I've never heard of anyone having success with the challenge :( Thankfully HP offers free return shipping. Disapointing though.

Tried a bunch of things. I see the 30% banner on Live.com, but once I click it and go to Ebay it disapears :(

Not for I... hrm.

Got a weird one... I search Live and see the 30% link, but when I click it I never get the bar at the top anymore telling me that I am getting cash back. I've tried clearing cookies, etc; but it's still not showing.