I purchased a refurbished HP Blade server, Proliant DL140 with dual 3.06 GHz Xeon CPUs. It worked just fine and I was able to install Windows Server 2008. I had a slim format HP laptop DVD I was going to utilize, but the interface was different. In addition, the server was LOAD! So I decided to move the server to a different case.
I removed the motherboard and placed in a full tower Antec case and purchased 2 3U heatpipe equipped heatsinks. When I try to start the server now, the power light comes on for several seconds and then shuts down again. The system does not have a speaker so I don't know if I am getting any beep codes. The only things connected to the motherboard are the two cpus and power connectors and original power switch. Any ideas on how to trouble shoot this situation? The original cpu heatsink mounting hardware connected directly to the case bottom. The new heatsinks in the new case required a backplate. Otherwise, it seems I have everything connected in the same way as it was in the original blade server case. Any hints or suggestions are most welcome. Thanks, Jim Maki [email protected]
