auphil

Well, it's not memory, IDE stuff or 3ware cards haha. I've got it down to either PSU, CPU, or Mobo. I don't feel like re-pasting thermal compound on the CPUs so I'm just going to wait until the overnight shipment arrives then test PSU, CPU, and Mobo (in that order haha). ....I really hope it's not the Mobo but I'm afraid it might be. Thanks, Phil

Well, after further testing (pulled from the rack and on the bench now), the system starts a boot (fans spin up, lights come on) when I have only ONE PSU in. If I put all 3 in, then apply power, it's still dead. I've tried rotating the 3 PSUs in various slots and each one gives about 3-5 seconds of system power (again, fans spinning and lights on) before dying. I've got 2 replacements coming in on overnight shipment, so I guess we'll find out tomorrow, but for now I'm stumped. I'm going to start pulling memory and CPUs next. Thanks, Phil

Hi Guys, I have a server from the now defunct Monarch Computers. This is a system with a Tyan S2882 motherboard and a Chenbro RM312 1+1 chassis. It was cranking along happily until Monday of this week when I got a notice that the site it serves is down. I went into the data center and saw that the system was powered off. I felt lucky and just powered it back on and it booted normally. I thought, at the time, that one of the sudoer's had mistakenly sent a shutdown command instead of a reboot command. Today, I got another notice the site was down. Now when I try to power it on, it is dead - nothing. Will not power on. I checked up (APC 3000 SmartUPS), it's fine. This unit has triple redundant PSUs so I pulled all three plugs, then plugged them back in. When plugging in the first one, I head a single high pitched beep. No beeps on plugging in PSUs 2 and 3. After replugging in, still no luck on powering up. I'm thinking one of the 3 PSUs (or more) is dead. I have an ATX PSU tester but these are obviously slide in hot-swappable PSUs so I'm not sure how to test them. The model number is EMACS GIN-6350P Does anyone know of a PSU tester for these guys? Thanks, Phil