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hi Ben, I'm sorry to hear about your problems with the HP EX495, But before you do anything, make sure that you HAVE BACKED UP ALL YOUR DATA ON A EXTERNAL DRIVE. Cant express that enough :( . . . Based on my experience with the EX470, i could not get Tested 2TB / 1.5TB drives to work flawlessly....

Specifications Model MediaSmart Server ex470 / ex475 Part Number EX470 - GG795AA #ABA EX475 - GG796AA #ABA Operating System Windows® Home Server Processor AMD Sempron 1.8 GHz 64-bit processor Memory 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM DIMM 240-pin Storage Internal hard drives • 1 SATA 7200 RPM, 500GB for EX470...

This is great information. Thanks Alexander.

Thanks for the feedback. Does anyone have personal experience with a recent HP EX470 processor upgrade or can provide links to posts with this information?

The stock processer is the 1.8GHz AMD Sempron 3400+ which I think is underpowered. You need to make sure that any new CPU draws around the same amount of power/watts and of course fits the same socket (AM2 940) I think the AMD LE-1640 Orleans (45W) is a popular choice at 2.6GHz For dual-core support...

Donavon West shows a hidden "Easter Egg" inside of the HP EX470/EX475's Windows Home Server Console that allows you to do some cool things with the drive LEDs.