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Server unresponsive
We have an SBS server that periodically hangs, becomes completely unresponsive at the console and on the network. It is running Windows SBS server, Blackberry server, timberline, exchange....I have contacted Dell and all firmware, drivers, bios are up to date. There are no events in the log other than the time the server shutdown. No application errors, no system errors. I need some assistance in getting to the root cause of the system going unresponsive.
Any help is appreciated.
Any help is appreciated.
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If you've ruled out software issues then you're likely looking at hardware. Start simple, run chkdsk to verify you don't have any bad sectors on the HDD. Next, try switching out the NIC if you have a spare. Finally, if you can work without your server for a night, consider running a utility such as MemTest86 to check the RAM overnight. MemTest86 runs from a floppy or a CD so your server won't be available while its running.
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Turned out to be a firmware issue with the disk and raid controller. Thanks for the help.
Besides memory, it could be power supply is going... Or it could be a bad network card.