#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE HOW TO#
#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE INSTALL#
#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE UPDATE#
#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE PATCH#

I have seen placeholders for the ordering page on the HP site, weвЂ™ll be sure to let you know when the links are live.

#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE UPDATE#

The guides are also included on the upgrade disks, but IвЂ™m providing these copies with the permission of HP to give you a chance to review them prior to performing the update.Д®X470 and EX475 Software Update Guide (right-click and Save-As)Д®X485 and EX487 Software Update Guide (right-click and Save-As)

#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE HOW TO#

These guides cover the new features available in the 3.0 software, explain what features you will lose from the 1.3 or 2.5 versions, and of course provide step by step instructions on how to perform the upgrade.

#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE INSTALL#

I have also made the install guides from HP available for you to download, be sure to read them thoroughly before you upgrade.

#HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 UPDATE PATCH#

Also, the update does include a version of the Twonky media streaming software that is newer than the version included with the 3.0 patch 1 software on the EX490 and EX495 servers, and I did not encounter the same crippling CPU load issue as I experienced previously. I will agree with the guidance by HP that you need to have at least 1GB of RAM (2GB is ideal) in your server to get decent performance so be sure to upgrade that first if youвЂ™re planning on installing this update. Both sets include all three disks that you need: Client Software Install CD, PC Restore CD, and the Server Recovery DVD. There are two versions of the software, one for the EX470 and EX475, the other for the EX485 and EX487. IвЂ™ve had copies of the upgrade DVDвЂ™s for about two weeks now and have performed the Server Recovery process on both an EX475 and EX487, with much better results than I experienced last time. If your results are not the same as what you see here, donвЂ™t proceed to the next step until they match.HP has sent along the message that many of you have been anxious to hear for quite some time now: the 3.0 software update for the EX470/EX475/EX485/EX487 servers will be available later this week and will start shipping next week. If you follow the instructions to the letter, everything should work just fine. If all goes well, youвЂ™ll see a display like the following when you enter the final command, which now includes the added GV3 and ACPI Table elements as items 11 and 12 in that list.

cbrom182 awdbios.bin /d #display patched BIOS content.

cbrom182 awdbios.bin /acpitbl acpitbl.bin #insert Shuttle BIOS element into Award BIOS.

cbrom182 awdbios.bin /gv3 agesacpu.rom #insert Abit BIOS element into Award BIOS.

cbrom182 mb601b_18.BIN /gv3 extract #extract agesacpu from Abit BIOS into file agesacpu.rom.

cbrom182 SS21S10J.BIN /acpitbl extract #extract acpitbl from Shuttle BIOS into file acpitbl.bin.

cbrom182 awdbios.bin /d #displays BIOS content.

Use your command window to run the following sequence of commands from inside the working directory (you can skip the comment text which starts with a hash mark #): Step 3: Use CBrom to Add Missing Items to the EX47* BIOS After all these maneuvers, your updated MediaSmart EX47* Server should be able to recognize a 3800+ and the various LE- and BE-class processors that will work in this machine. Finally, you use WinFlash to update the MediaSmart BIOS to add the changes you made using CBrom. WinFlash is the tool you use to copy your existing BIOS for hacking and CBrom is the tool you use to extract modules from the other two donor BIOSes and add them to your existing BIOS. One adds support for dual-core AMD CPUs (agesacpu.rom) and the other adds the ability to recognize more processors than the built-in BIOS can (acpitbl.bin). ThatвЂ™s why I stuck with the older version recommended in my source for this hack at Alex KuretzвЂ™s excellent site.Д«asically, whatвЂ™s going on here is youвЂ™re adding two elements to the existing Award BIOS that HP installs on the MediaSmart Server. While there are newer versions of CBrom around (the latest appears to be 2.15), I couldnвЂ™t get them to work properly with the EX47* BIOS. Eu./download/Downloads/Barebone/SS21T/ДЇ/pub/download/bios/an9//m601b18.zip

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