{"id":1263,"date":"2022-05-07T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T18:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:24:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T20:24:44","slug":"hp-workstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiemensfamily.com\/timoncs\/2022\/05\/07\/hp-workstation\/","title":{"rendered":"HP Workstation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The goal of this machine to experiment with mid-range video editing and\/or be a monster Virtual Machine Server. It was refurbished, from PC Server Parts Certified Refurbished<\/a>. It kept going in and out of stock. It arrived in a big box that was well packed with foam, and weighed in around 70 lbs. Once unpacked, the computer itself weighed in at 52 lbs. exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some facts on the CPU: the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz<\/a> is currently #537 on PassMark [12,530] [single thread 1,789] and is a FCLGA2011 at 115W. It first appeared on the charts 2013\/Q2. It is a 10 core 20 thread model with turbo speed of 3.6GHz. The “Dual” PassMark for the E5-2680v2<\/a> is 20,678, which is #190 overall rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes on Ubuntu. The process starts with the 2.5″ to 3.5″ converter and a 1TB SSD. The HP has really nice 3.5″ internal bays, with a SATA backplane already wired for power and data. Just slide the new one in, slide out the 500GB SSD, and boot to the installation ISO. First challenge: WiFi did not “create the device” in the GUI, even though the device was recognized. To fix that, just push “+” in Network Connections, and the “Wi-Fi” section shows up. Then, in the upper-right, the wifi menu appears with “Select Network”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second challenge – Ubuntu Firefox fails to start – “serial 467 error_code 11 “BadAlloc”. (Hand installing chrome, that fails too with “gbm_wrapper.cc failed to export buffer to dma_buf<\/a>“). As a temporary fix, start Firefox by hand with “firefox -safe-mode”. For the final fix<\/a>, enter “Software & Updates”, go to tab “Additional Drivers”. Under NVIDIA Corporation GF100GL [Quadro 4000], the current selected driver is “Using X.Org X server – Nouveau display driver from xserver-xorg-video-nouveau”. Change that to the other option “Using NVIDIA driver metapackage from nvidia-driver-390 (proprietary, tested)”. Restart. Now firefox and google-chrome-stable both work. (Note: abandoned efforts to get NVIDIA “390” drivers – via “NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.147.run” – to install. If you are reading this because you have a Quadro 4000 driver under linux, you may need this additional step.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All product links are from the actual vendor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Item<\/th>Product<\/th>Cost<\/th><\/tr>
System<\/td>HP Z820 Workstation <\/a> (Cached PDF<\/a>)<\/td>$1,289<\/td><\/tr>
CPU<\/td>2x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 2.8Ghz, 10 cores each<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
RAM<\/td>256GB (8x 16GB) DDR3 DRAM<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
Motherboard<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
Power Supply<\/td>single<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
Video<\/td>2x  Nvidia Quadro 4000 2GB, 1x DVI, 2x DPort<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
DVD\/CD<\/td>Yes<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
Case<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
SSD Drive<\/td>512GB<\/td>\ufeff<\/td><\/tr>
HHD Drive<\/td>2000GB Hitachi<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
Monitor<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Wi-Fi<\/td>TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Dual Band<\/a><\/td>$34<\/td><\/tr>
Keyboard\/
Mouse<\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
OS<\/td>Windows 10 Pro<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>
Software<\/td>\ufeff<\/td>\ufeff<\/td><\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>–<\/td>$1,323<\/td><\/tr>\n
SSD<\/td>SAMSUNG 870 EVO Series TB SATA<\/a> 2.5″<\/td>$138<\/td><\/tr>\n
Converter<\/td>Sabrent 2.5″ HDD to Desktop 3.5″<\/a> Converter<\/td>$13<\/td><\/tr>\n
OS<\/td>Ubuntu 22.04<\/td>incl.<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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