I am listening to music streaming from my new VortexBox (well if you can
call a 2004 repurposed box new)!
The hard drive swap was really easy. The motherboard in the old
computer has SATA controllers, so all I had to do was plug the new hard
drive using a new SATA cable and a molex 4-pin to
2004 computer should be able to boot from USB devices, You can install
Vortexbox on a USB thumb drive
(http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-SDCZ33-008G-B35-Flash-Drive/dp/B005FYNSUA/ref=sr_1_34?s=pcie=UTF8qid=1347303637sr=1-34).
You music can be on USB external drive or NAS.
I've done some research on the Dell user forums and it seems my machine
is capable of up to a 2 TB SATA drive. It will require cable adaptors
but that's okay by me. One TB SATA drives are pretty reasonably priced
so I think that's probably what I will use.
CharlieG wrote:
I've done some research on the Dell user forums and it seems my machine
is capable of up to a 2 TB SATA drive. It will require cable adaptors
but that's okay by me. One TB SATA drives are pretty reasonably priced
so I think that's probably what I will use.
Thats excellent
epoch1970 wrote:
(I *think* win xp can't see above 2TB ?)
WinXP 32-bit can only see 2TB. I believe the 64-bit version can see
drive space larger than that.
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Mnyb wrote:
The Apple II dad borrowed one when i was a child ,memories (we could not
afford such thing back then ) later on friends had the typical Vic C64
etc and transferred software over the phone line from cassettes :)
C64, preserved and stuffed: http://www.kingsquare.nl/jsc64 ;)
(USB
Mnyb wrote:
The Apple II dad borrowed one when i was a child ,memories (we could not
afford such thing back then ) later on friends had the typical Vic C64
etc and transfered software over the phone line from cassettes :)
A, I fondly remember using my Apple II with an attached cassette
It seems I had my dates wrong:-)
I placed the order for the computer on January 18, 2004 and the date of
manufacture is 1/20/2004. It has a Pentium 4 CPU 2.66 GHz and came with
512 MB of RAM (I later added two GB of RAM).
It was in 2009 (when I purchased my first Squeezebox) I added the RAM
CharlieG wrote:
It seems I had my dates wrong:-)
I placed the order for the computer on January 18, 2004 and the date of
manufacture is 1/20/2004.
Ok, you need not worry much about the HDD then. If you're looking for a
new one, it's going to be crazy expensive anyway (factories only do SATA
epoch1970 wrote:
:)
Our (I commandeered it switfly) Apple //e has twin floppy readers too. I
was holding the guys fiddling with cassette tapes in utmost contempt. We
still have the machine, a few years ago it was still in service for
playing a few games, before being replaced by a retired
CharlieG wrote:
I guess you are right about the drive not lasting much longer. It was
the only computer in the house for eight years, and ran 24/7 for the
last two. At one point I researched (on the Dell site) getting a larger
drive, but none was available for this model. I may look in
On that old machine, there is a chance the bios will only see the first
137GB of any drive. I'd favor a laptop drive (more robust) over a larger
desktop drive.
I remember I've had met this limit with an iMac that came with a 30GB
drive
Those were the days.
epoch1970 wrote:
On that old machine, there is a chance the bios will only see the first
137GB of any drive. I'd favor a laptop drive (more robust) over a larger
desktop drive.
I remember I've had met this limit with an iMac that came with a 30GB
drive
Those were the days.
+1
You are old
epoch1970 wrote:
On that old machine, there is a chance the bios will only see the first
137GB of any drive. I'd favor a laptop drive (more robust) over a larger
desktop drive.
I remember I've had met this limit with an iMac that came with a 30GB
drive
Those were the days.
Okay, how would
Mnyb wrote:
You are old if your current phone outperforms your first computer :) (
and I do suspect that my controller does to ).
I was lucky enough to have my father bring an Apple //e in the family.
My first computer can be emulated in javascript inside a web
browser#8230;
CharlieG wrote:
Bizarre I've never heard of computers with this kind of bios limitation
? live and learn . mobo must have been old design even back in the day ?
137GB does not acount for much for music storage but this is more than
enough for the OS .
If you got no SATA interface USB may be the only option left
I have an old PC Im thinking of using as a dedicated Squeezebox server.
It is a 9 year old Pentium 4 machine with 2.5 gigs of RAM, but the hard
drive is small (75 gigs I think). The operating system is Windows XP.
I want to convert it to VortexBox but I have a couple of questions.
First off
Yes and yes. As for the name under which the USB drive would attach, I
think this is Vortexbox dependant. They have a forum, and even 'a nice
wiki page'
(http://info.vortexbox.org/tiki-index.php?page=USB+Media+Library) for
you.
I would recommend applying the optional steps 11 and 12 shown in the
The computer is fine for Vortexbox but 9 year old drive will not last
for long if keep it on 24/7.I installed Vortexbox on a thumb drive
for my HP ProLiant MicroServer.
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ply3908 wrote:
The computer is fine for Vortexbox but 9 year old drive will not last
for long if keep it on 24/7. Why not buy a bigger drive? If you don't
need the space, install it on a USB drive if the BIO has the boot from
USB drive option. I installed Vortexbox on a thumb drive for
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