The Gen3 debug board has full support for the latest HP MediaSmart Server hardware. What is the difference between this generation and previous generations (Gen1 and Gen2)? Plus the countless comments from the members of the community. Being able to change boot devices, change fan settings and connect a monitor if something goes wrong – it’s just absolutely essential.' - Bjørn Froberg, IT Supporter ' sells a cable that plugs into this header with PS/2 ports to connect a mouse and keyboard, as well as a VGA monitor' - Ed Tittel, Tom's Hardware 'With this cable, I can see the boot sequence, enter the BIOS setup screen, install new OS to the hardware if I want'. 'The debug board is very well constructed and has a high quality look and feel which gave me no concerns or worries about connecting it up to my HP server.' - Steve Crick, mswhs 'Fortunately, there's a debug board you can buy to retrofit a VGA-less server, so you can install Windows Server 2012, Ubuntu, or whatever you want.' - J. I have been building the debug boards/cables for this community since May of 2007 and I have had many happy customers.

What others are saying about my debug board. You want the ability to troubleshoot any bootup problems without running a recovery that will destroy existing data You don't want to buy expensive tools for a one time project You don't have the time to build your own custom cable You want to tinker but not risk shorting your MediaSmart Server You are a software/kernel/addons developer You want to boot from a USB stick to install another OS (Vail, Linux, Windows Server 2008, OpenSolaris) You want to play with the BIOS settings or re-flash your BIOS I am running a small and humble service to all of my HP MediaSmart Server comrades who wish to have a VGA/PS2 Keyboard/PS2 Mouse/Serial debug board and would rather buy (and not build) the board. Want to connect a VGA monitor to your HP MediaSmart server/Acer easyStore computer? Check out the new and improved Gen4 cable!. The contents of this post are here strictly for historical purposes. The cable in this forum posting (the Gen3 cable) has been deprecated and is no longer being offered.

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