This is a windows home server base four bay thats powered by a 1. Acer h340 nas windows server drive system easystore home tb. Identify your acer product and we will provide you with downloads, support articles and other online support resources that will help you get the most out of your acer product. The windows home server connector connects your home computers to windows home server whs on the network. Acer america corporation address of responsible party. As i recall hardware wise the h340 and the ex470 are similar in that both motherboards were made by winstron and both use a hidden area on the motherboard called a. Page 142 select a destination directory, then click next. Connect vga cable to debug 26pin connector on the motherboard. Lacking the whs restore disk, i decided to put ubuntu server on the h340. Acer easystore h340 2tb nas box the register forums.
Acers easystore h340 says hello atom, hello windows home server latest in acer pc shipments see their largest drop in four years due to covid19. Using remote desktop connection with the easystore with windows home server, most configuration tasks are done from the windows home server console on another computer. To make optimal use of your whs, you need to install the whs connector software on each of your computers. Solidlogic a2000 nashome server featuring freenas last edited by tbc cosmo. Sep 01, 2015 this is the cube server device that has 4 hard drives in it. Acer aspire easystore default router login and password.
Im also concerned that you arent running the correct recovery software. Download acer desktop easystore h340 driver and service manual. Acers easystore h340 is an interesting mix of characteristics. Acer easystore h340 recovery disk set is a two disk set including the operating system for your computer as well as the most updated set of r f5drivers and applications for your machine. The pc does not make the network connection, so it is not. Hi, i have swapped the h340 motherboard for an asus p8h61i r2. Need help troubleshooting acer aspire easystore h340. Using eon to fool it into being less of a piece of trash initially, i planned on using freenas on the h340.
Installing freenas on acer aspire easystore h340 happybison. Anyways im trying to get it back up and running but everywhere is telling me i need the software that came with it which i cant find to get it back to factory since i cant remember my loginpw. That would put you at 2tb x 4 bays giving you a total of 8tbs max. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. An in depth look at running freenas on an acer easystore h340. Turn on the home server and let it run for a while. Sep 10, 2015 im also concerned that you arent running the correct recovery software. Get acer desktop easystore h340 bios upgrade lasted. View and download acer aspire easystore h340 service manual online. Installation of the windows home server connector software.
Overall, i am pleased with freenas and especially pleased that i was able to get it running on my h340. I got an acer easystore h340 nas box which has the marvell yukon 88e8071 gigabit network adapter. Download the most user program for your acer desktop. Dec 30, 2010 for the price, the h340 is the cheapest outofthebox solution for network storage, and adding the cost of freenas makes it that much more appealing.
Mine took about 10 minutes for the installation to complete. So, reconfigured both units ip and things finally worked out good. Sytemanforderungen acer aspire easystore h340 german. Freenas is a freebsd distribution intended for running nas servers. Acer aspire easystore h340 the motherboard of these servers has a kvm connector cn9 above that is made for connecting the keyboard, video and mouse. Since it is actually an os reinstallation disc, they wont offer it for download from their website youll probably have to purchase it if you dont have the one that came with the server. To install the aspire easystore h340 software update utility. Acer aspire easystore h340 service manual pdf download. Im running an acer aspire easystore h340 with windows home server 2003 and am fed up with whss quirks. But as you probably know, windows is not the most stable platform and i run into occasional file corruption sometimes which is not supposed to happen, microsoft. Please help me restore os for acer aspire easystore h340. After shutting down computer, put the new drive into the system drive slot on the home server. The system hard drive had failed and up until recently i havent had any spare sata drives, so it collected dust on top of my desktop computer until i could find a drive for it.
After few times try and error, noticed that its due to this acer h340 messed up with my dlink nas. May, 2010 no idea if that will work with the acer easystore h340, though. Also, a company called logic supply offers a via artigo 2000 barebones nas kit with a modified freenas. Enable debug mode on acer easystore h340 by putting a jumper jp3 on the.
Unless you are planning to run freenas, then you can save that os cost for another 1tb of hdd. Recently started a project to build a freenas server using a cube microatx pc case. Get acer desktop easystore h340 bios upgrade lasted version. This is the cube server device that has 4 hard drives in it.
For the acer aspire easystore h340 it is the bottom slot. Youll probably want to install lmsensors and smartmontools to keep. I too decided to upgrade my acer h340 to whs2011, and i followed the famous jake thomas guidelines referred elsewhere in this forum many thanks to him for an indepth and very usefull description, based on initial installation from a client machine thru usb and then finalization on the h340. Hello, everyone, dong ngos here and so is the acer aspire easystore h340 nas server. Freenas is an open source storage platform based on freebsd and supports sharing across windows, apple, and unixlike systems. I have been using the acer easystore h340 home server for a while now. Aspire easystore h340, altos easystore m2 name of responsible party. Reset password, download and run those updates, and now its backing up my home office. You will need to know then when you get a new router, or when you reset your router. Reset password, download and run those updates, and now its backing up my home office pcs. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. S1 for those who need just 1tb of storage and the s2 for.
Easytouse centralized home server designed for households and homebased businesses with multiple pcs, the acer aspire easystore home server model ah340u2t1h offers a simple way to network home computers, centralize, share and protect digital data as well as access it remotely from anywhere in the world. Freenas marvell yukon 88e8071 losing network connection. I got this idea to 3d print a hdd cage but knew nothing about 3d printing. An in depth look at running freenas on an acer easystore h340 part background and prepartion before we begin i have wanted to build a storage solution for many years, and i finally broke down and bought some hardware. Purchased a special cable that gives me ps2 and video functions to the device since its considered headless the acer easystore h340 or h342, depending on how you search, etc attempting to install the 64 bit version of freenas 8. As i recall hardware wise the h340 and the ex470 are similar in that both motherboards were made by winstron and both use a hidden area on the motherboard called a smi for booting the server into recovery mode. The problem with this box is precisely that you cant access the bios without voiding the warranty.
Acer aspire easystore h340 user manual pdf download. Designed for households and homebased businesses with multiple pcs, the acer aspire easystore home server offers a simple way to network home computers, centralize, share and protect digital data as well as access it remotely from anywhere in the world. Jul 01, 2009 acers easystore h340 is an interesting mix of characteristics. To install nas4free, i figure, there is only one option. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Freenas maybe, or a standard nix distribution if you are willing to do. Once i d completed the install ive configured nfs, cifs, afp for. Having read what people have written here, i installed ubuntu server 10. Linux home nas, preferably with openfiler on acer easystore h340. First, i did a little research to find out if this device will boot from a usb flash drive.
Preparing the h340 for freenas out of the box, the acer h340 does not have video output. Some guys are running freenas on it, but they had to open the server, put in a jumper, and a special cable to get video. That would explain why the h340 is only reporting 1. Acer aspire easystore h340ua230n nas server video cnet. Dec 07, 2010 an in depth look at running freenas on an acer easystore h340 part background and prepartion before we begin i have wanted to build a storage solution for many years, and i finally broke down and bought some hardware. Find the default login, username, password, and ip address for your acer aspire easystore router. All it lacks is a mouse, a keyboard, and monitor support. But, none of the blue hard drive bay lights are on. The acer aspire easystore h340 is designed to provide users a versatile platform for building a home server and network attached storage nas. Acer h340 has 4 hotswappable sata slots, occupies little space and looks well. The new motherboard is great, it fits the h340 perfectly.
Turn on the system to verify that it works and you can get to the bios setup by pressing on the keyboard. This compact box incorporates an extremely energy efficient intel atom 1. However, this is only true for the total space and each bay only supports up to 2tbs. Select a program folder or enter a new folder, then. New life for the acer aspire easystore h340 acer h340 windows home server whs circa 2011 model. Im in need for the server restore cd for the acer h340 home server. Windows home server forums view topic acer easystore h340. No idea if that will work with the acer easystore h340, though. An in depth look at running freenas on an acer easystore.
However, when it is necessary to connect directly to the windows home server, you can use a remote desktop connection. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Enable debug mode on acer easystore h340 by putting a jumper jp3 on the motherboard. Acer aspire easystore h340 home server help i have an h340 home server, and i really want to eliminate any windows on it. Feb 26, 2009 thankfully acer is up to the challenge, at least in japan, announcing its new easystore h340 series, initially available in two flavors. Just today tried to install a new 4tb hdd into my acer easystorre h340, but the new drive only shows as 1. In this article you will find how to install the latest version. Acers easystore h340 says hello atom, hello windows home server. Need a copy of original software for acer h340 i have the key any help would be appreciated. While its definitely designed for storage, with four sata bays for hard drives, it has a very traditional pc underpinning. Steps to install freenas on internal 256mb usb flash drive. Turning the product off before cleaning unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning.
The one nice thing about the acer easystore h340 is it has a pci 1x slot for expandability. Upgrading the acer aspire easystore h340 to windows home. What you have read and was suggested is correct, the h340 does support up to 8tb max. The network interface gets detected by the correct driver and it works. Last edited by alexandergeorg on thu apr 01, 2010 11. The acer aspire easystore h340 is, at its core, a windowsbased computer powered by a 1. Need a copy of original software for acer h340 redflagdeals. Several months ago, a friend gave me an acer aspire easystore h340 nas. Need to resurrect acer aspire easystore h340 but its. Nov 29, 2016 after shutting down computer, put the new drive into the system drive slot on the home server. Review nas windows server drive system acer 1 easystore h340 home includes tb. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Acer easystore h340 motherboard swap acer community.
The server would have come with an acer disc to use to reinstall the os. Jan 20, 2014 several months ago, a friend gave me an acer aspire easystore h340 nas. Place the aspire easystore h340 software installation disc in the optical drive of the home computer. I expected the reported size to be smaller than what the drive manufacturer claims, but this seems way off. Need to resurrect acer aspire easystore h340 but its headless. I run freenas 8 which bases on freebsd, thats why im here on it. I just noticed that my easystore network server is dead. Sorry to dig up an old thread but i found my old h340. The only issue is the connection to the backplane and the front buttons which i remmenber being described in this post. Acer easystore h340 desktop pc atom n230, 2x640gb, 2gb. Aspire easystore h340 network storage server pdf manual download.
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