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Looks like the psu on my n36l has given up and keeps tripping the leccy so might as well upgrade as I doubt I can pick up a psu for it as cheap as getting a new machine. Anyone know if any of those £85 after cash back deals are on at the moment.
 
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Is the microserver G8 available anywhere? Can't seem to find it!

I just checked the site I bought my N54L from and they still have them it seems... Can't say where, but a lot of people got their servers from them I think, so look on the plus side - google is your friend

What do people think about the Toshiba drives in this week's deals? This one in particular:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Toshiba 2TB 5700RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ABA200) HDD £61.99
Total : £70.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).



I was planning to go with WD Reds but this is pretty tempting honestly...
 
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How long did it take you all to get notice of the rebate? Some people mentioned an email confirming the rebate had been received?

I sent mine about 3 weeks ago and have not heard a peep....
 
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How long did it take you all to get notice of the rebate? Some people mentioned an email confirming the rebate had been received?

I sent mine about 3 weeks ago and have not heard a peep....


Got mine the other day, within a week. My previous was pretty fast too.

Give them a call, or send it again (recorded?) whats a £ or so for 100.
 
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Can I check we're just talking about receiving the confirmation that you'd sent the claim form (i.e. not the actual £100 cheque itself)? I got a confirmation right away (emailed them a scan of the claim form) but I don't think the 45 days are up for another couple of weeks yet
 

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How long did it take you all to get notice of the rebate? Some people mentioned an email confirming the rebate had been received?

I sent mine about 3 weeks ago and have not heard a peep....
Was less than a week for me.
 
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Can I check we're just talking about receiving the confirmation that you'd sent the claim form (i.e. not the actual £100 cheque itself)? I got a confirmation right away (emailed them a scan of the claim form) but I don't think the 45 days are up for another couple of weeks yet

Yes, i am yet to receive the cheque ;)
 

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Can I check we're just talking about receiving the confirmation that you'd sent the claim form (i.e. not the actual £100 cheque itself)? I got a confirmation right away (emailed them a scan of the claim form) but I don't think the 45 days are up for another couple of weeks yet
Yes, just the confirmation email. The cheque takes ages.
 
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Yeah was in my spam folder :)

To those running ESXi I have some questions:

1.) How is video performance when running Windows Home Server and watching 1080p movies? Did you notice a difference being on ESXi?

2.) Anyone running another flavour OS for XBMC?
 
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xblinim if you're still out there - Did you manage to install your 40mm fan in the end?

Also I'm thinking about buying more RAM, but I can't decide what would be better out of the cheapest 8Gb (2x4Gb) I can get... Or buy a single 8Gb DIMM and stick it alongside the one which came with the server to have 10Gb overall (I don't normally mix RAM like this, but I'm sure a while back someone suggested that they had done with no ill effects)... This would also give me the option of getting a second 8Gb stick down the line to go up to 16Gb... Thoughts?
 
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I've done the 120mm/40mm fan mod. Noticeably quieter which makes me happy as it's sat behind the TV.

I've upgraded to 4gb and everything works hunky-dory under Server 2012. Not really taxed all the hard, but I did have it running an Ubuntu VM as well with no issues.
 
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