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тАО12-27-2004 03:06 PM
тАО12-27-2004 03:06 PM
Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
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тАО12-30-2004 01:04 AM
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Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
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тАО12-30-2004 01:13 AM
тАО12-30-2004 01:13 AM
Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
When I hit the power button the fans start to spin, each of the SCSI drive sleds/carriers light up and extinguish (some sort of self test I suppose), lights on the keyboard blink on and the PCI hot swap status LEDs come on but that's it.
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тАО12-30-2004 06:13 AM
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Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
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тАО12-31-2004 12:33 PM
тАО12-31-2004 12:33 PM
Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
If not, I like the previous post, where you unplug the machine and make it set in the corner for the weekend. Bad Computer!
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тАО12-31-2004 01:41 PM
тАО12-31-2004 01:41 PM
Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
Usually after power up the management interface (2x20 LCD and four buttons) springs into action letting you know among other things that the array hasn't been configured. As it is now all that is shown is "COMPAQ LCD Model # 56022 LCD FIRMWARE 1.9" like it normally would when plugged in but not powered on.
Also after I turn it on the three keyboard LEDs turn on for a second then extinguish but hitting the num and caps lock keys doesn't change their states.
Is there a service manual available for the 6500? I know that many may view it as a boat anchor but I'd really like to get it running. I've always been told that Compaq's servers were bullet proof and last forever.
--adam
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тАО12-31-2004 01:54 PM
тАО12-31-2004 01:54 PM
Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
hey wait...
Compaq has an erase utility...wonder if knoppix has done something like that...
where the hardware is fine, but your firmware has been altered...
yeah, I'd check your complementary metal oxide silicon... flash rom first.
mmm hmmm
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тАО12-31-2004 01:57 PM
тАО12-31-2004 01:57 PM
Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
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тАО12-31-2004 03:18 PM
тАО12-31-2004 03:18 PM
Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
If you have the Smart Start CD, you might want to try the System Erase Utility. It will clear the system configurations and all drives attached to the system and prepare it for OS installation. Then you need to run the System Configuration utility to install the EISA partition on the drive.
There are some guides around for installing the different distros of Linux on Proliants. It is a very tedious process, unless you buy the Compaq distro.
Here's a link to the instructions to install Clark Connect Linux firewall, with some other links to compaq/Linux installation guides.
Hope this helps.
Ben
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тАО12-31-2004 03:32 PM
тАО12-31-2004 03:32 PM
Re: Proliant 6500 powers up but won't boot
And run it blind / pretend the monitor is unplugged...and just wait out a normal 3.5 floppy boot. win98 is a good bootdisk / you can edit the config.sys and autoexec.bat to load device drivers...like the controller, or cdrom - real handy.
If you are convinced that the 3.5 got read, and loaded...and you did something at the command prompt like a:\dir just to make the drive whirl and make the light on the drive come on..while it reads the dir...
if this is successful, then whats left but video feed.