In a previous post, I wrote about getting an HP server blade and getting it to work without a blade centre. In this post, I’ll document what I did to turn the setup into a self-contained PC. Chassis Build Firstly, I needed to house everything together in a strong enough structure. I chose the 2020… Continue reading Turning an HP BL460c Gen8 Server Blade into a PC
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Running an HP BL460c Gen8 Server Blade Without the Enclosure
Introduction A few months ago, while browsing a computers auction store as usual I noticed a $1 reserve server blade – the HP BL460c Gen 8, with two E5 2640 v2 CPUs. That looks like a good deal to me! I got to know about blade servers when I was looking at getting some cheap… Continue reading Running an HP BL460c Gen8 Server Blade Without the Enclosure