DieHard is a rock star! I followed his notes and suggestions and had no problem flashing BIOS-MODS modified BIOS that would unlock many of the hidden features on the MicroServer – especially enabling me to set SATA port 5 (the mother board port for the ODD (“Optical Disk Drive”) if installed) and port 4 (the eSATA port on the back of the case) to AHCI and at a higher port speed than it’s default. In the original HP MicroServer N40L Build and BIOS Modification I wrote how I flashed the modified BIOS from BIOS-MODS to my first MicroServer using John Zajdler’s, on twitter, Diehard in the forums, guide and suggestions. Proceed with the steps in the following reference links and Figures at your own risk.

The NIC was not plugged into the networkįigure 1 shows the MAIN screen of the Stock BIOS.įigure 1: MicroServer ' ROM-BASED SETUP UTILITY' Main Screen - Stock BIOSĬaution: This isn’t a project for the inexperienced or faint of heart because you may be voiding any warranty you have as well as easily destroying or bricking your entire system.Nothing else was attached to the USB ports.A monitor, USB keyboard & mouse was attached to the MicroServer.The Stock 2GB RAM was in the MicroServer.The stock HDD was removed (no HDD’s were in the MicroServer).

In summary, when I first powered-up and hit F10 the MicroServer was configured with: One thing I found useful: With my first MicroServer I didn’t check out the Stock BIOS in the MicroServer before flashing it and afterwards I wished I had - before flashing the BIOS of my second MicroServer I pulled the HDD that came with the MicroServer and the first time I powered-up the MicroServer I hit F10 and checked out what was in the Stock BIOS. One was part of a combo package that included Windows Home Server 2011. The HP N40L ProLiant MicroServer’s I purchased came with 2GB of RAM, a 250GB Seagate HDD, and a 150W power supply. Step-By-Step Guide – Critical Path Check List After building-out my second MicroServer that summer and the many things I’ve learned over the last year I felt it was time to re-visit and re-fresh my first Blog. Early last year I purchased my first HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer (“MicroServer”) and wrote about some of the things I did to build-out my MicroServer after flashing the modified BIOS from BIOS-MODS.

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