Issue adding CPUs to old PE 6800
I have an old PE 6800 with two Intel 7120M 3.00GHz/4M/800 SL9HC.I ordered two more and when I try to install when putting power back to the machine, before even starting it fans kick on slow speed and...
View ArticlePowerEdge T100 will not boot a RHEL 6.5 disc
Guys,I have a T100 that will not boot up a RHEL 6.5 workstation disc. It will say "waiting to initialize", then I get a black screen with a blinking cursor on the left. I'm not sure if the...
View ArticlePoweredge 1900 heatsink came off
We have a Dell 1900 server, and a heatsink on the top side of the board (near the Dell logo, and the BIOS battery) popped off. It appears the solder on 1 of the 2 clips let loose, but I cannot find...
View ArticlePoweredge 2900 Power Supplies
OK, Please forgive me if this sounds like a stupid basic question. I have a Poweredge 2900 with redundant power supplies. This was a standby unit, ready to go. However upon doing a check today, we find...
View ArticleT320 video card upgrade
Does anyone know of a PCIe video card that will work in my new PE T320 server? I am unhappy with the VGA only output of the embedded Matrox card.Thanks for any suggestions.-robb
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KVM SIP Not Responding (Offline) after Server Reboot
Have a weird issue. After a reboot or two of our new servers, we're loosing KVM access to them and the KVM reports the SIPS offline. We’ve verified that there’s no cabling issues by replacing the...
View ArticleSwapping out server hardware
I have a few dell PowerEdge R710’s and would like to have a spare server encase one of my servers have a hardware issue. The disks are connected to a SAN. So if I have an issue, I would replace the...
View ArticleDell T310 Graphics Card Problem
I have recently bought a ATI FirePro V4800 Graphics card for obtaining a resolution of 1920X1080 with Dell T310 Server Machine.I'm using Windows Server 2008 Standard (32bit) on this machine.The Dell...
View ArticleR/W Support for Virtual Media on iDrac7
Hey folks,I'm using an Idrac7 (1.56.55 (Build 05)) on a Poweredge 520 and when attaching an img file (where I do have all the required write access) via the java console, the "read-only" check-box...
View ArticleiDrac 7 (1.56.55 (Build 05)) have uninterpreted \n in strings
When using the java console on my idrac7, all messages shows many unexpanded \n char leading to a verrrrrrrrrrrrry loooooooooooong message box.Would be nice to fix :pErwan running a PowerEdge M520
View ArticleWhere to get Hard Disk Backplane for R720xd
We ordered an R720xd a few weeks ago, but did not see an option to add the back plane for the hard disk. in fact we only learned of the backplane after looking inside the server.can anyone advise how...
View ArticleT20 (Xeon) Memory Question
Can someone help me regarding supported Memory configurations? DDR3L memory is supported according to the technical manual. Are the following Memory configurations supported in a T20?...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R410 Configuration
Hi Everyone, I recently got my hands on a really neat dell r410 (for 220$), Ive done some research regarding this system's noise.The server's configuration is as follows: (Or if you want the service...
View ArticleService Tag Change for Dell R510
I am looking for a Dell Service Tag utility for a dell R510 server. Need to enter new tag after motherboard change
View ArticlePowerEdge 1950 System Halted
Hello everyone!I have a big surprise today after I made a simple restart to my PowerEdge 1950 server. During the boot, I received the following message:PCIe Degraded Link Width Error: Embedded NIC...
View ArticlePE T310 Memory upgrade problems
Hello,Im trying to make a upgrade of RAM in one PE T310 but until now I only found problems.- First, I call to DELL support and they told to me that dont have the memory configuration to my server...
View ArticleShould server pass memtest?
I just recieved my new PowerEdge 1650 and as with all new machines, I ran MemTest86 on it. To my surprise it failed on an address close to the end of my memory (somewhere around 255.8Mb out of 256Mb...
View ArticleT300 NIC card is not auto enabled, why
When my T300 Windows 2008 server is rebooted the nic/lan card is enabled but not connected. They do not see anything.I have two cards but they need to be disabled then enabled before they...
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System Halted error on Dell server
Hello Sir,I'm restart my PowerEdge 1950 server. During the boot, I received the following message:Please help me ASAP
View ArticleVRTX, OOB and iDrac
Hi,I have a VRTX system with a coupe of M520 blades but having issues accessing the iDRAC and Remote console.Mid plane, main board and CMC have all been replaced and flashed to newest versions, onboard...
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