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Then try another drive. Or try booting from an external drive or USB stick.
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Then try another drive. Or try booting from an external drive or USB stick.

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I have only 1 Drive-<br />
I want to install the windows server 2008-what is the possibility that the cd/dvd not working?
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I have only 1 Drive-
I want to install the windows server 2008-what is the possibility that the cd/dvd not working?

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I don't want to go in this direction looking for alternates like usb. I want to fix this problem .
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I don't want to go in this direction looking for alternates like usb. I want to fix this problem .

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<i>&quot;what is the possibility that the cd/dvd not working?&quot; </i><br />
It's pretty high given that the 3650 should by default boot first from the DVD drive.<br />
Have you checked that the 2008 DVD boots OK in another machine?<br />
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If you need to replace the drive it's modular but the connector cable is IBM<br />
See p.255 in the <a href="http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/rtca/rtcaic/topic/com.ibm.storage.rtca.help.doc/00V9947.pdf" rel="ugc nofollow">Service Manual</a> for how to.
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"what is the possibility that the cd/dvd not working?"
It's pretty high given that the 3650 should by default boot first from the DVD drive.
Have you checked that the 2008 DVD boots OK in another machine?

If you need to replace the drive it's modular but the connector cable is IBM
See p.255 in the Service Manual [http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/rtca/rtcaic/topic/com.ibm.storage.rtca.help.doc/00V9947.pdf] for how to.

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The server is new and the dvd is booting from a normal machine
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The server is new and the dvd is booting from a normal machine

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IBM 3650 M4 is not booting from cd/dvd room
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IBM 3650 M4 is not booting from cd/dvd room

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