Tag Archives: Friday Night
Installing the Windows Home Server Vail Beta Refresh on a Friday night – Video Edition
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Timothy Daleo.
This Friday night I decided to upgrade my Vail Beta test server to the new Vail Beta Refresh. Are you interested in upgrading to the new Vail Beta Refresh? Check out this article and watch the 10 minute video for an introduction to the Vail Beta Refresh and an overview of the installation process.
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This Friday night I wanted to build a compact and low power HTPC to record four television streams from my SiliconDust HD Homerun tuners. This was a fun build but I had a couple of gotchas along the way. This easy build was only $230 and is something you could do next Friday night!
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Atom Windows Home Server build on a Friday night – v1 Server Operating System and Overview – Video Edition
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Timothy Daleo.
In the last article I built this D510 Windows Home Server. In this post John Zajdler and I will load the OS, talk about Windows Home Server v1 and give you some tips when building your own WHS.
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AMD CPU Upgrade and Corsair H50 Installation on a Friday night – Video Edition
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Timothy Daleo.
I did it again. I bought another Dell Outlet PC and I am going to upgrade the CPU and add on a H50 Corsair CPU cooler. This PC is for my mobile work bench, and testing equipment in the garage, so cooling is important. I had some extra space on the side of the rolling cabinet and wanted to keep the top clear for equipment and video. Wait till you see where the H50 went…
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Ventilating a Windows Home Server Cabinet on a Friday night – Video Edition
Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Timothy Daleo.
I had a plain and ugly server cabinet on Thursday. With a trip to Ikea and the Cooler Guys, I am now the owner of a sweet, well ventilated, wife-accepted server storage facility. This is not a rack or a case. If the cabinet door in your living room is propped open then this article is for you too. Read on to see what I ended up creating…
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Atom Windows Home Server build on a Friday night – Purchase and Assembly – Video Edition
Posted on 04. May, 2010 by Timothy Daleo.
After a few calls with Christoper Lux from Home Server Show I decided to do a Windows Home Server build based on the D510 Intel Atom processor. Read on and check out the two HD videos showing the Windows Home Server build.
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Six Minute and Six Second Installation of a Sound Card and Media Card Reader on a Friday night – Video Edition
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Timothy Daleo.
Another slow WHS week so I am doing a video of the final steps for my new budget HTPC. This week I will install a sound card and 3.5” media card reader in 6 minutes and six seconds.
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I can easily go overboard on a HTPC build but can I do it the other way? Can I make a cheap HTPC that actually performs? This is not really a build. It is more of a bargain hunt. Let me show you how I did it this on a Friday night.
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Do you have a HP EX470 and want to upgrade to the HP 3.0 Software release? If so, you should upgrade the memory to 2GB. This week I made a video with John “Diehard” Zajdler walking me through the EX470 memory upgrade!
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