I’ve recently set up a small Windows Server 2008 R2 domain for a non-profit. I made some notes as there’s nothing really basic on the internet that skips the 90% of information you don’t need, and concentrates on the 10% you do need. Hopefully this will be helpful to someone trying to do something similar. It will start out pretty basic, but I will flesh it out with plenty of details when I have a few minutes. ...
Do you own an HP Proliant ML115? Looking for a bit more power than the official specifications say you can have? Want to play games on it? If so this is the post for you. WARNING: You could do irreversible damage by following any of the information on this page. You are obviously on your own if you try anything here. I offer no guarantees, however I have personally tried everything here and it all worked for me. CPU Upgrade The CPU originally supplied with my Proliant was an AMD Opteron 1214 2.2Ghz Dual Core model. As I now use the machine for gaming I wanted something a bit faster. After some research I found a site (in Japanese) which seemed to be listing compatible CPUs. It’s not obvious what any of it means though (I think O means working, and X means not, with - meaning not sure), so I knew I may have to just take a bit of a chance. ...