Thanks for the update! S�����when it���s broken, take it apart and reassemble, you just never know what silly thing it might be. In my very early computer years I had a PC that wouldn���t boot at al�����no POST, nothing. (Win 3.1 days). Open case, re-seat the video car����� poof, fixed. My thoughts�����WTF? I did����t touch the thing������ Dave From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Odd Dell PowerEdge issue
I'm good. Server is back now. Turns out the teeny-tiny button for the power on/off was jammed. I must have jostled it when I took it out of the rack and removed the cover. All suggestions most appreciated. Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 >>> John Cook <[email protected]> 2/5/2009 9:44 AM >>> Pull the PS and check for voltage, if you have voltage on all of the designated pins (����m sure ther����s a diagram online or even on the PS itself) then you���ve probably got a bad MoBo (since it wo����t POST) John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Odd Dell PowerEdge issue Thanks for all of your suggestions. My only other 1850 is a DC so I'm hesitant to take that off-line for too long, but I might just have to. Only the fans come on when the cords are plugged in. So I can't run diags or use OM - my first thoughts too. I'll start by removing/adding back the parts. >>> "Jake Gardner" <[email protected]> 2/5/2009 8:45 AM >>> We're mainly Dell's here, and we've never bought any warranty. We just buy a matching server that is sitting cold for spare parts. We also buy our drives and memory separately and keeps extras of those around. The cost of a bare bones spare server is a lot cheaper over 4+ years than Dell's warranty and the bonus is that I don't have to waste my time on the phone with Dell support. Thanks, Jake Gardner TTC Network Administrator Ext. 246 -----Original Message----- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Odd Dell PowerEdge issue My approach with this is always to say I replaced the <x> out of spare parts inventory because it was in a mission critical device. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Odd Dell PowerEdge issue I'll call your dead power supply and raise you one dead PERC 2 , had to call Dell Support ( we had extended warranty at the time ) as the PERC 2 card was bad, and displayed an error upon POST. It was in a domain controller with mirrored drives, so it was the only controller. The Dell Tech Support nog said we couldn't go any farther with getting the card replaced without me booting from DOS and telling him what Fdisk showed for partitions !!! ( he said he was trying to help us, as if they shipped a new PERC and the old was still good we'd be charged --- argh ! ) So I rebooted for the beep, waited 30 seconds, and told him Fdisk wouldn't see the drives because the PERC was bad ... He just didn't make the connection on his own ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Odd Dell PowerEdge issue All this talk of diagnostic CDs and management packages reminds me of a time I called into Dell with a PC with a dead power supply. 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