Tag Archives: HP

Setting up the Event Notifier on HP Servers

Posted by dave on September 29, 2010 No comments

I run PRTG Network Monitor (I’ll do a separate post on that later) to monitor all the servers, connections, services etc. This runs really well and notifies me if anything bad happens. It also has a great little iPhone app, …

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HP L1906 LCD Monitor Repair Guide (Faulty Capacitors)

Posted by dave on September 8, 2010 4 comments

One of my users was complaining one day that her computer wouldn’t come on, the box was on but the monitor was blank. I rebooted the box and it seemed ok for a little while, then, about an hour later …

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This System Only supports SDVO Add2 in the X16 slot

Posted by dave on July 23, 2010 1 comment

I have some HP dc5800’s which have PCI-e slots, and some HP dc5700’s which have a slot which looks exactly like a PCI-e slot, except it isn’t. When I stuck the PCI-e card in there it beeped and came back …

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Windows 7 on the HP Compaq Mini 702ea for the win!

Posted by dave on May 6, 2010 1 comment

Last year I bought a HP Compaq 702ea netbook from eBuyer for my coast to coast road trip across the USA in September. I got it on special offer for £199.99 which I thought was a bit of a bargain. …

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PSP: Host Skipped Due to Existing HPSUM Session

Posted by dave on April 1, 2010 No comments

When using HP’s Smart Update Manager (ProLiant Support Pack) you may reciever the error: “Host Skipped Due to Existing HPSUM Session” Well, that’s just not cricket. The fix is simple though, on the screen where you enter your username and …

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Updating Drivers on a HP DL380 G5 Remotely

Posted by dave on March 24, 2010 No comments

On a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 box, as I’ve mentioned before, you are very limited as to what you can do. I’ve had the Hyper-V server running for a few months now and everything has been just dandy. It was …

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Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer

Posted by dave on March 19, 2010 No comments

I came across this again today and thought it might be useful for somebody. I was installing Windows XP Pro (OEM) on a HP nx6310, so I instered the XP CD and booted from it fine. Setup started ok, but …

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Hyper-V Upgrade

Posted by dave on March 5, 2010 No comments

So, thanks to Hoover (Ad) I’ve now got another 4GB RAM to stick in my Hyper-V server at work. I’ll hopefully be putting that in this evening and then I can look at moving over our Exchange server (M$ Exchange …

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