This post from ServeTheHome essentially presents the ideal networking solution for a Proxmox mini-PC host: A suitable HP FlexIO v2 module for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, featuring the highly […]
Mini-PC Server #4:
New Possibilities
One of the truly best features of the HP models is FlexIO. It is now available in three versions: FlexIO, FlexIO v2, and FlexIO v3. The HP EliteDesk […]
Mini-PC Server #3:
Spoiled for choice
Many people with setups similar to ours have been using mini-PCs as “microservers” for years or have modified them for specific purposes, such as firewalls (pfSense). Lenovo models […]
Mini-PC Server #2:
Existing Hardware
The timing of this upgrade is really bad: good SSDs are very expensive, high-capacity RAM modules are practically unaffordable, and everything else is more expensive and harder to […]
Honeywell PTM7950 – A pad instead of paste or liquid metal?
PTM or “Phase Transition Material” has been a recurring topic in the PC industry since at least 2022. Some manufacturers now use it as standard in their products […]
Format drives with a capacity of over 32 GB as FAT32 under Windows
FAT32 is essentially the “standard file system” for many devices, especially embedded and older ones. The Nintendo Wii, for example, only supports FAT32-formatted SD cards, just as many […]
Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 – Failed BIOS update, Board Rescue
This ATX motherboard with TR4 socket forms the basis for our “TR server”, a high-performance Proxmox server for virtualizing Windows 10 and 11 VMs. For a long time, […]
Setup:
Gast-PC (Rev. 1.1)
Revision 1.1 (01/2026) | Revision 1 (11/2025) Compared to the original setup, the data storage devices have been replaced: now only SSDs from Samsung and hard drives from WD. The […]