Upgrading HP Proliant Gen8 Microserver

The video of an upgrade of HP Proliant Gen8 Microserver


Before upgrade:

CPU: Intel® Celeron G1610T (2.30GHz)
Memory: 1 x 2GB PC3-12800E DDR3 UDIMM (2GB RAM)
After upgrade:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1265L v2 (2.50GHz)
Memory: 2 x 8GB PC3-12800E DDR3 UDIMM RAM (16GB RAM)
Add: HP JackBlack DVD Burner
Add: HP MicroSD card 16GB
Add: Crucial 256GB SSD on SATA Caddy adaptor




Also a picture of the 2 Server (Before and After) Screenshot.
Difference between the 2 are the before upgrade there were a blank CD tray and after upgrade you see the HP Jack-Black DVD-Burner.



My 1st Design IT Infrastructure

This is Part 2 of Install Server 2008 R2 on HP XW4400 Workstation at PWCB post.

I have completed an IT infrastructure. Using Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Version on HP XW4400 Workstation.
Upgrading the HP XW4400 Workstation from Core2Duo to Quad Core Extreme, 4GB to 8GB RAM (maximum). Joining PCs to domain and administer the PCs using Group Policy.

People's World Carnival Band is the first organisation to have an IT domain made by me:

To view the photos click on the link:
Facebook - 1st Network Infrastructure

Install Server 2008 R2 on HP XW4400 Workstation at PWCB

I build a Server by using HP XW4400 Workstation and installed Windows Server 2008 R2 and creating a domain.
Deploy the Server Workstation. Also the KVM (Keyboard, Video and Mouse) to link between PC and a Server.
Thanks Dancourse did a lot of help and showed me how to setup a network configuration to link each PCs to the domain.

Server specs
CPU: Core2Duo @2.4GHz (maximum = QX6700 - Quad Extreme @2.80GHz)
RAM: 4GB DDR2 667HMz (maximum = 8GB RAM)
320GB Hard Drive
DVD Burner

Video of Dancourse who help me configure how to configure IP address so you make a PC join a domain

Windows 10 Technical Preview Update (New Build)

I have an update for Windows 10 Technical Preview for a new build. It looks much better, It may look better than Windows 8.1.
They restore apps on Start Menu just like in Windows 7 style.

Building Shuttle XH61V PC

In this video you get to see me installing parts into the Shuttle XH61V PC.
Shuttle PC is small, compact and quiet and it is bare-metal meaning no parts included.
All the parts which are the highest grade for this PC.

Installing parts:

CPU: Intel i7-2600s @2.80GHZ
Hard Drive: Crucial 256GB Solid State Drive
Memory: 16GB RAM (8GB XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz x2)
Optical Drive: Sony Blu-Ray Burner