Server Startup
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So I'm trying to get an HP DL 185 to run off of a bootable Flash drive, and the server is in perpetual startup phase, around twenty minutes. Anyone have any ideas?
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What part of the startup is on the screen? What is the message that it is cycling through?
Might work to use a phone a grab a literal screen shot.
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Nothing at all. Screen stay blank.
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So it goes through POST, says checking RAM and such, then sits after all of that or it never gets to the big giant HP screen splash?
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Never does any of that.
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Is the monitor plugged into a serial port?
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@art_of_shred said:
Is the monitor plugged into a serial port?
Should only be one VGA port on the unit. AFAIK.
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@art_of_shred said:
Is the monitor plugged into a serial port?
That would be a feat. Serial is 9 pins, VGA is 15.
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So either the issue is that it is not POSTing at all or we have a graphical output issue.
This machine is the one that had its BIOS toasted but it was repaired.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
Never does any of that.
Are you sure it fired up and have you connected your monitor properly?
All else fails, it's like working with any other PC. Gank out any stuff you put in, memory, drives, etc, then try to make it POST again, then add stuff back until it keeps POSTing.
Also try booting up but before hitting the power button hold down the insert key. That should clear the config just in case someone messed it up.
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In theory we could hook up a serial cable and see if that has output. Got a laptop with a serial connector?
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That thing has been shipped around a bit. Could easily be loose memory.
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I think it only does that if it's got an iLO.
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@scottalanmiller said:
That thing has been shipped around a bit. Could easily be loose memory.
Well why the hell didn't you say so?
D00d, gank and reseat everything!
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@PSX_Defector said:
@art_of_shred said:
Is the monitor plugged into a serial port?
That would be a feat. Serial is 9 pins, VGA is 15.
Yup. That and serial connectors are typically female while VGA is typically male. Wait, that would mean...never mind. Not going down that rabbit hole...
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Otherwise, I present this:
Youtube Video -
@Mike-Ralston When I saw this "Server Startup" I hope that you are just playing with this server.
I always get Nervous whenever I saw Server Start up -
It's a lab unit, but intended for production. Something is sadly, quite wrong with it.
