Anghammarad

The Rainbow Goblins by Masayoshi Takanaka

Christmas Decorations for my PC lol (Ignore the garbage picture, its low light and my camera is trash, I spent all my money on the PC)

haha thanks for the explanation, somehow that all make sense!.

New drives need to be formatted in Disk Management
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-format-new-hard-drive-windows-10

FYI: from the spec page, it appears that this board can't use SATA 4 or 5 and the M.2 slot simultaneously. If you have something connected to SATA 4 or 5, I'd try moving it to another port.

been a while since i've seen a wall of text this big.
 
readable version:
 
 
Holy crap, this is some next-level parasociality, stepping over the line into unhealthy.

use a wifi/bt usb dongle?

use a wifi/bt usb dongle?

Hi all, 
 
I had a small homelab and mediacenter machine in the living room for a long while. 
 
It started back when my wife was still with me and we upgraded our machines from C2Duos to Core I5 3570k machines.
 
So an ABit Fat4lity FP IN9 SLI went from wifeys pc case into the "new" chassie.
 
           
 
As can be seen it is a small office midi tower.
 
It started out with the above mentioned Mainboard, a C2Duo 8400, a gf 560 and 8 gb ram DDR2 800. Spinning harddisks with 500 gb each.
I did install XMBC and started copying movies and series onto the HDDs. It worked like a charm.
 
The first upgrade was the handdown of a 250 gb crucial sata ssd as boot drive, an upgrade from windws 7 to 10 and a dvd rom.
 
The board died a little due to aging caps, still fixable but I bought a Asrock Z87 Extreme 4/TB and upgraded to a 4460 and 16 gb ram. This then gave me the opportunity to run hyper-v and play around with several services and installations like ubuntu, debian, centos etc... 
 
Then I got 4x Seagate Ironwolf 4tb drives that I made into a raid 5 with intel rapid storage and really started pumping all cd and dvds onto the machine. Went from XMBC to Kodi... and still tinkered with some hyper V setups.
 
I then realized the I5 was a little too overwhelmed when running Hyper-V machines permanently so I upgraded it to an I7 4770S and 32 GB ram. 
Still havin windows 10 for the base OS. Added another 1g NIC for better networking with Hyper-V.
 
After migrating to the I7 the raid gave me the middle finger and I got an IBM 5015 Megaraid for ~ 70 bucks, a chache battery for ~30 and some cables for another 20 euros.
 
When you get such an old controller it might need some firmware updates and current drivers. 
 
Here is where some problems started. But I managed some GoogleFu and got the right downloads and informations to get the server software running on windows 10. After that finding the right upgrade rom and whipped it onto the controller. Now the 5015 could use 4tb disks instead of max 2 tb per drive. Raid created and the backup put back on the raid from an external 12 tb usb drive. I love O&O Autobackup =) 
 
Now was the time for a new case... the old one wasn't build for that... 
 
before: 
 

 
 
here everything outside:
 

 
 
Finally all was ready to move into the new home. 
 

 
Done! Sadly no place for the bluray drive anymore... but I set the limit to a cheaper case under 100 bucks...
 
Now, in a little while 4 more 4 TB drives will be added. I already got them on the shelf... this time 4 WD Red 4tb.
 
The current Hyper-V Ubuntu Server is located on the second SSD with Docker, Portainer, PiHole.
 
I will add a C-ICAP Squid with Clam-AV later, as well as a WAZUH Container. perhaps adding a local Nextcloud as well as addition to my hosted one. 
 
To get the IBM 5015 up and running you first need to get drivers and controller software:

look for a file called ibm_sw_msm_13.04.04.00_windows_32-64.zip. This is a full version able to run on windows 10. Haven't tried 11 so cant guarantee it will work there as well. You cann then update to a higher V13 and finally to the latest V15.
 
To get the Firmware rom download the firstzip file from this post: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/ibm-m5015-experiences.397/page-10#post-80857
 
Inside are several roms, pick the right one to flash the controller using the MegaRaid Controller Software V15 you got installed earlier. and off to the races it is.

I'll add another fan in the front, I got a silentwing somwhere gathering dust. it's completly new but couldn't locate it. bummer.

Looks a lot better now, still not perfect but better and still space for the 4 more drives.

Partslist:
 
Case: Aerocool Cipher
PSU: Cooler Master V550 full modular
Mainboard: AsRock Z87 Extreme 4 TB
CPU: Intel Core I7 4770S
GFX Card: Gainward Phantom GTX 560 (still got a Phantom 760 here, may swap it in)
Ram: 32 GB DDR 3 1600
Drives: 1x Crucial MX300 250 GB, 1x ADATA SU630 240 GB, 4x Seagate Ironwolf 4TB Sata drives configured as Raid 5
Raid Controller: Avago/IBM Megaraid 5015 with BBU added and SAS to SATA 4 way splitter cable.
 
OS: Windows 10 professional current build 64 Bit
Hyper-V: Ubuntu Server LTS 22.04
 
Services: Open Kodi, PiHole, XAMPP, ...
 
More to come.
 
 
Cheers
Ang
 

Paul Oakenfolds Remix from GUS GUS s - Purple... 
 
I like this version better than the House original one... has more OOMPH

just cleaning up my mp3 dump and stumbled over this gem
 

Monitors Unboxed just released a Best 1440p Gaming Monitors video this morning. The current recommendations for best value, which are at that price point of under $280, are the Gigabyte M27Q-P and MSI G274QPF-QD.
 
I've got the original M27Q, and it's a great 1440p monitor - it has been serving me well for 2 years now. According to Tim at Monitors Unboxed, the newer M27Q-P is even better, yet it's now cheaper than what I paid for my monitor.
 
If you can find either of those recommendations at around the $270 price point in your region, I think going with a pair of them would be a better choice. You can check the reviews for them at Monitors Unboxed (or Hardware Unboxed) to see more details about what they're like if you're unsure.
 
MSI G274QPF-QD review
Gigabyte M27Q-P review

It all depends on the budget. 
 
I personally would for example get an UDM Pro from Ubiquiti, then a matching POE Switch with enough ports that you need, and a bunch of APs same brand. 
 
all is managed on the UDM Pro, which in itself is a firewall and router as well. 
 
The configuration is a different matter, and to be done when everything is set up. (VLANs, Firewall, Wifi Networks etc.)

This one: 
 
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000RQU2KU?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
 
Why? 
Well I got fiber internet now, and I wanted to put the router in the living room and the switch from there in my office, so only one cable crossing the hallway. 
 
So before the work should get started I wanted to fix the cable mess behind the TV and AV Receiver and home server... I came onto the power switch of the old power cord, really really light knock with my knuckle of my finger and it desintigrated into its atoms, metla springs shorting out the leftovers of the switch, sparks flying, server going down, all living room electronics went down... 
 
Now I just need to lay the cable from the fiber port around the living room to the new place for the router... put in some cable clamps (those thing with nails) to get that cable put down nicely and finish the move of devices... I think next weekend will be the time... and then on 23. 1gbit interwebs ^^

Towerised A1200s are beautiful abominations. Love to see it!!

Just got my trusty old amige out from behind the couch and gonna dabble a little with it =)
 
It has 2 CDRoms, 2 CPUs, 1 FPU, 1 MMU, FastSCSI II, a streamer, HD Floppy, 3 HDDs (1 Sata 2 SCSI), 10 megs of ram, a quick and dirty sync duobler so I could use Multisync Monitors.... Well the Keyboard is a mess, I wanted to order a new one but sadly the guy building those currently doesn't take orders due t a hugh backlog... 
 
Now I wanna see if it fires up, well it's 30 years old now, if it does and I can see it on my TV I'll try to get the Wifi running =P
 
Perhaps that is the time Skynet is born... 
 
The last time I hooked it up to a 180+ computer network it addressed all the memory of the caches in the network and some more as its own and came up with 1.4 gig of fastram... all addressable... the drawback, the whole network came to a standstill while this little bugger was a happy 'puter wth internet and lots of ram ^^
 
I'll keep you posted.

Just got my trusty old amige out from behind the couch and gonna dabble a little with it =)
 
It has 2 CDRoms, 2 CPUs, 1 FPU, 1 MMU, FastSCSI II, a streamer, HD Floppy, 3 HDDs (1 Sata 2 SCSI), 10 megs of ram, a quick and dirty sync duobler so I could use Multisync Monitors.... Well the Keyboard is a mess, I wanted to order a new one but sadly the guy building those currently doesn't take orders due t a hugh backlog... 
 
Now I wanna see if it fires up, well it's 30 years old now, if it does and I can see it on my TV I'll try to get the Wifi running =P
 
Perhaps that is the time Skynet is born... 
 
The last time I hooked it up to a 180+ computer network it addressed all the memory of the caches in the network and some more as its own and came up with 1.4 gig of fastram... all addressable... the drawback, the whole network came to a standstill while this little bugger was a happy 'puter wth internet and lots of ram ^^
 
I'll keep you posted.

Just got my trusty old amige out from behind the couch and gonna dabble a little with it =)
 
It has 2 CDRoms, 2 CPUs, 1 FPU, 1 MMU, FastSCSI II, a streamer, HD Floppy, 3 HDDs (1 Sata 2 SCSI), 10 megs of ram, a quick and dirty sync duobler so I could use Multisync Monitors.... Well the Keyboard is a mess, I wanted to order a new one but sadly the guy building those currently doesn't take orders due t a hugh backlog... 
 
Now I wanna see if it fires up, well it's 30 years old now, if it does and I can see it on my TV I'll try to get the Wifi running =P
 
Perhaps that is the time Skynet is born... 
 
The last time I hooked it up to a 180+ computer network it addressed all the memory of the caches in the network and some more as its own and came up with 1.4 gig of fastram... all addressable... the drawback, the whole network came to a standstill while this little bugger was a happy 'puter wth internet and lots of ram ^^
 
I'll keep you posted.