Dell Poweredge 2800 booting
Hi Experts,
Dell Poweredge 2800 os installed windows 2003 got bluescreen and restrated
after that didt get display on monitor but after clearing bios and removing and adding all parts again solved problem and got display
but it couldnt boot i tried everything but no luck.
so decided to reinstall OS
but its starting installation and formatting hard disc and copying files after restart
it not starting up installation screen getting black screen after bios and server getting restarted
then i tried windows 2000 here also same but little difference getting windows starting up screen then its getting restarted
any suggetions?
Dell Poweredge 2800 os installed windows 2003 got bluescreen and restrated
after that didt get display on monitor but after clearing bios and removing and adding all parts again solved problem and got display
but it couldnt boot i tried everything but no luck.
so decided to reinstall OS
but its starting installation and formatting hard disc and copying files after restart
it not starting up installation screen getting black screen after bios and server getting restarted
then i tried windows 2000 here also same but little difference getting windows starting up screen then its getting restarted
any suggetions?
ASKER
first two points already tried.Can you explain about third point .thanks for quick reply
In #3 we are disabling the Raid Controller Memory Dimm as a potential point of the failure
Are you getting any kind of message at all on the screen? Did you reseat the PCI riser (this is the RAID controller and ESM) - very important it be reseated for many problems? Do you have an amber message on the LCD, or is it solid blue?
Couple things come to mind:
Is all of the firmware flashed and uptodate on the PE(BIOS,backplane,PERC)?
When you do the initial install,are you using the latest drivers during setup?
If all else fails,download a copy of 2008 and see if you have the same issues.
Is all of the firmware flashed and uptodate on the PE(BIOS,backplane,PERC)?
When you do the initial install,are you using the latest drivers during setup?
If all else fails,download a copy of 2008 and see if you have the same issues.
ASKER
Hi PowerEdgeTech,
Are you getting any kind of message at all on the screen?
I am not getting any error on screen just it is starting up windows 2000 and getting restarted.
Did you reseat the PCI riser (this is the RAID controller and ESM) - very important it be reseated for many problems?
Yes when we had no display problem we removed all parts and assembled again cleared NV RAM ,BIOS, etc...
Do you have an amber message on the LCD, or is it solid blue?
We got Blue screen two days back and didn't noted error code as it is asking restart just restarted but no display in monitor after that so removed all parts and re joined then we got display but not booting this time no errors in the screen
Are you getting any kind of message at all on the screen?
I am not getting any error on screen just it is starting up windows 2000 and getting restarted.
Did you reseat the PCI riser (this is the RAID controller and ESM) - very important it be reseated for many problems?
Yes when we had no display problem we removed all parts and assembled again cleared NV RAM ,BIOS, etc...
Do you have an amber message on the LCD, or is it solid blue?
We got Blue screen two days back and didn't noted error code as it is asking restart just restarted but no display in monitor after that so removed all parts and re joined then we got display but not booting this time no errors in the screen
ASKER
Is all of the firmware flashed and uptodate on the PE(BIOS,backplane,PERC)?
YES
When you do the initial install,are you using the latest drivers during setup?
Using perc 4/di drivers for raid
any body please give me link for latest drivers for above
YES
When you do the initial install,are you using the latest drivers during setup?
Using perc 4/di drivers for raid
any body please give me link for latest drivers for above
ASKER
Hi Guys ,
One more clue
Pressed F11 for utility mode then got diagnose menu
have 3 options
2 nd one Mapmemory testing
when i click on this button its giving 2 options
1.Express test (recommended) press E
2.custom test Press C
tried Express test but getting error processor unable to perform memory test
memory test failed after that error immediately it is getting restarted .
One more clue
Pressed F11 for utility mode then got diagnose menu
have 3 options
2 nd one Mapmemory testing
when i click on this button its giving 2 options
1.Express test (recommended) press E
2.custom test Press C
tried Express test but getting error processor unable to perform memory test
memory test failed after that error immediately it is getting restarted .
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ASKER
Thanks Let me check once again in few hours
ASKER
PowerEdgeTech
You are the real expert in Poweredge series
Exllent answer
I called dell guys.
he came today checked everything
finally he said one processor gone after removing that processor evrything working fine
You are the real expert in Poweredge series
Exllent answer
I called dell guys.
he came today checked everything
finally he said one processor gone after removing that processor evrything working fine
ASKER
Thanks Buddy
1. External Device attached to the server is being seen as a bootable device, disconnect all but keyboard, mouse and video
2. memory going bad, remove all memory except for 1 stick in Dimm 1
3. Raid controller, Boot into the controller BIOS, select Objects/Logical Drive/Logical Drive 0/view parameters, turn caching off, set to no read ahead, write through. This disables the cache dimm.