compaq prolant ML 370

[Mohammed Haroon]

I am facing a problem in my ML370 server , first 2 slots (pci 64) are showing me green LED but when I connect scsi card in it its not shows any display, only it works with the normal PCI slot(slot 3) can you tell me what is the problem in the slot.

[Oleg Koroz]

did you turn them off prior instal ?
hot plug Drive installed ?
any other card works fine ? HP/Compaq Cards ?
Bios Up to date ? System Mngmt Driver ? etc

not clear ... in it its not shows any display ... ???

[Mohammed Haroon]

bios and arrey controller both are updated to the new version. it is ML370 G2 ..
first 2 slots are totally seems not working when i connect SCSI cards in any first two slots , it not show me display
when i unplug SCSI cards from the slot it start showing me display
when i try to connect SCSI card on third normat PCI slot .its start working and initializing the arrey and booting the OS.

[Brian_Murdoch]

Hi Mohammed,

I suspect that your SCSI card is a 5Volt PCI card (Check with manufacturer's spec.)

Slots 1 and 2 of the ML370G2 are 3.3Volt PCI slots. The other slots are 5Volt slots. Perhaps that is why you have the problem. (See attached image).

I hope this helps.

Brian

[Mohammed Haroon]

It was working from last 2 years with the same card and suddenly it stop but the same card working with the 3rd slot (normal PCI)

[Brian_Murdoch]

Hi,

Maybe something changed in the BIOS. Why not revert back to the older BIOS and see if that makes any difference.

Enter Rom-Based BIOS Setup via F9 at POST.
Select Advanced Settings
Select Redundant Rom Selection
Select Switch to Backup Rom
Save and exit.

Brian

[Mohammed Haroon]

i already tryed this.
but the problem is this if its a hardwaer problem in the pci slots it should give red LED . but its not showing and its also not showing any LED in the SCSI cards .
other then this even the slot having some problem or card it should show display screen and do the POST activity but its not showing display.
once i unpluged the cards its start working normally
Can someone help me out