Dudley, Do you hear any beeps when you power on the system? Can yWhat procedures have you attempted to diagnose the problem? ou describe the hardware you are using in a bit more detail?
Robert ----- Original message ----- > Hi all, > > The problem faced here is that, when you power the XS server you can see > that the server has been powered and the pwer light is ON, however, > there is NO DISPLAY ON THE SCREEN. > > Thank you, > Dudley > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Anna <ascho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Dudley Daduwe < > > ddaduwe.olpc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thank you for the updates on the motherboard. Please advise me as to > > > how I could troobleshoot my E-Box server. > > > Previously I was able to connect the IDE and boot up.However, I > > > decided to remove the original IDE HDD and put and new IDE HDD onto > > > the server. After doing that I was not able to see any activity on > > > the screen for about 5 minutes. So I decided to put back the > > > original IDE HDD but still does not show any activity. Looking at > > > the HDD LED display, I could not see any activity taking place. How > > > can I get the server back to boot with a display on the screen. > > > > > > Dudley Daduwe > > > > > > > > Can you get into BIOS? Can the BIOS see the hard drives? > > > > If you don't know if the machine itself is working outside the hard > > drives, have you tried booting from a Linux rescue CD? Some folks > > like Knoppix for that. I tend to use Ubuntu NBR (cause I usually have > > that CD on top of the stack). But there are a myriad of Linux live > > CDs out there. > > > > If you can get into a live Linux boot, ls /dev and see if you see your > > hard drives. If you don't see them, or can't boot into Linux from a > > CD, then it's time to break the box down and reconnect the drives. Or > > check the power supply. I've run into so many hardware issues with > > the old stuff I work with, I can't even keep track of how many > > problems I've had. > > > > Hard drives give me special trouble. If I can actually see the > > stubborn drives in /dev, I'll use gparted or fdisk to format to a > > single fat32 partition. Then the XS install usually picks it up. > > > > Anna Schoolfield > > Birmingham > >
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