suspect #1: power supply.
"Cristian" <chris_augustin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> My problem: have an Intel server based on the SE7500WV2 motherboard,
> SCSI version, 2.4 GHz Xeon CPU, SR2300 chassis, 1 GB RAM - standard
> config (I'm pretty sure it has an Intel recommended configuration)
> which hangs on a weekly basis. But that is not the strangest part
> (although I have 5 years Compaq desktops in the office that are much
> more reliable than this super-duper & expensive thing) - it does it in
> such a manner that even a power reboot won't put in back online. It
> just refuses to start, the power source fan doesn't spin - nothing,
> completely dead.
>
> And of course it has live e-commerce sites on it :-(, running
> unattended in a DataCenter, hooked on UPS & backed up by power
> generators. Quite expensive service I must add but is all for nothing
> since the actual problem seems to be our top-of-the-art Intel machine
> (anyway, it was top of the art less than a year ago when we bought
> it).
>
> Unplugging the power cord and putting it back on doesn't work. Neither
> is unplugging power, plugging back and pressing the front panel power
> switch. Actually, to be honest, sometimes that combination does the
> job. But sometimes it doesn't. Last time the support personnel had to
> take it off the rack, remove the lid and unplug the power source
> connector from the motherboard to convince it to boot again. So -
> absolutely erratic behaviour.
>
> It's running Windows 2000 Server and the only thing Event Viewer
> reports is "the previous system shutdown was unexpected".
>
> We checked the troubleshooting guide - the RAM we use is on Intel's
> tested memory list (2 x 512 MB Kingston DIMM). BIOS upgrade was never
> performed.
>
> Has anybody run into this before? Is there something else that we're
> missing here? Any hint would be highly appreciated - we'll soon be
> forced to sing and dance around the thing to make it start again :-(
>
> Best Regards,
> Cristian
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