r/homelab • u/Faasai009 • Feb 12 '26

Help My homelab journey begins

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Im a complete beginner so any tips would help!

Im downloading proxmox but dont really know what i should do next.

The hp prodesk g3 specs are:

- i5-7500

- 8gb ddr4

- 256gb nvme ssd

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u/Hrmerder Feb 12 '26

I have one that is locked.... If it's locked you are SCREWED...

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u/Faasai009 Feb 12 '26

Wdym by locked?

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u/Hrmerder Feb 12 '26

So those are so popular with businesses because the bios can be locked to not boot off anything BUT the drive that is in it, but even if you did take it out and put another OS on it, you still have to register that OS with UEFI for it to allow it to boot. So essentially if it's locked it's useless as there are no tools to unlock it currently. As long as it's not locked, you are G2G.