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  1. I'm running that M/B with a Celeron 3.06Ghz CPU. I haven't looked closely but it looks like it's just cruzing along TBH. I went for this CPU because it was dirt cheap (< GBP30/USD55), plenty capable enough and fitted in the motherboard I had already decided I was going to use (the P5PE-VM). As for your other questions, sorry, don't know, can't help. HTH! Matt
  2. If it's when you reboot, I'd say it's most likely to be the BIOS. Only one way to check.... Matt
  3. For the unbeleivably low cost of GBP33/USD60, having another P5PE-VM is cheap insurance for the future (and to seriously reduce the hassle of finding a replacement board in the future when the current one dies). I'm just ordering my spare board now... Matt
  4. I would have thought that that is a config issue with Xlobby (knowing nothing about it! ) Matt
  5. I would have thought you'd have to really be hammering the server to need the extra bandwidth, and I doubt Tom would be interested in doing anything clever like teaming, so you'd just have two IP addresses/server names/shares at best. There *might* be a use for it if you had many multiple access streams taking place at once, like multiple music streams, and multiple video streams all at once, like in a house with say 4 people in different rooms accessing different content. HTH! Matt
  6. Presumably Tom, the Intel one is the best bet as you deffo already support the Intel chipset from the original onboard ethernet on your originally suggested motherboard? (Thinking about buying an extra card as a spare in case this ever happens to me, as I need to buy a new GigE switch and net card for my existing main PC anyway). Ta, Matt
  7. If it's cpu that's causing the problem, then it might be the machine working to decode the video stream? What spec machine is the HTPC, and what type of video stream is it? If you switch to process list in Task Manager, you can select extra columns and then you can display CPU Time. You can then see which processes have been using the most CPU, but also you want to try and figure out which process is causing the CPU spikes. Then you'll know what to attack or it might be obvious what's happening. Matt P.S. Don't bother with CTRL-ALT-DEL for Task anager, right click the task bar (I personally have it running all the time, from startup, run minimised with it set to "hide when minimised").
  8. Try bringing the server to the HTPC and connecting them with a cable? (if they are both gigabit NICs, I think you can use a normal patch cable, if not, use a crossover). That will rule out the LAN. I'd be tempted to run a bandwidth test before and after this (I'd use a file copy of a file of a known and reasonable size, from a command prompt) and time it. Then at least you know exaclty what throughput you're getting, and when, which might help figure things out. Make sure you use a nice chunky sized file, say a good 50MB or more. HTH! Matt
  9. I remembered someone had that problem, but I couldn't remember who! Call me Matt, BTW Matt
  10. People have reported that on some m/boards, when you add a drive/make a change to the drives, the BIOS sets the boot order to something different (probably, to boot from the Primary Master Hard Drive (which won't work)). If that is the case, you have to save changes, reboot, go back in the BIOS and set the boot order properly again. I don't know if this helps in your case or not though... Matt
  11. I don't think total consumption is the main issue though, I think what's taking what from what rail when is the key issue and whether or not the unit can supply the correct amount on the key rails at the peak times. The tests seem to concentrate on this more than the total, but often, the total quoted can't actually be supplied also. I'm certainly no expert though, so I'd look for some articles and reveiws written hopefully by people who are! HTH! Matt
  12. IIWY, I'd figure out what current 12 drives plus cpu/motherboard and fans add up to and see if the PSU is supposedly able to supply it. Secondly, try and find a review where someone has actually tested the claims as many PSUs often fall short of the claimed abilities. I wouldn't personally be very tempted, as it will probably be marginal and could easily cause randomly any of the components in the system damage. Also, you could end up having really "strange" random problems which would be hard to pin down to the PSU struggling, especially when it gets hot! IMHO, HTH! Matt
  13. Yes, but only if it is already a ReiserFS partition, so most likely, one that's already been in unRaid.... Matt
  14. Any "push to make" switch which only "makes" whilst you hold it should do the trick. Matt
  15. Also, right now, I'm fairly certain you can issue the powerdown from the (web) console, and then switch the power supply off. When you switch it back on, it will boot (that's how it works with my P5PE-VM) Matt