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Here at work we have a Dell Poweredge 1800. This is the problem I've been experiencing.
One weekend last November, one of my clients tried to remote VPN into the server. It didn't work. With a
look on my face, I went to the site of the server, and when I found it, it was frozen (blank screen, would not respond to input). So I powered off the server and powered on again, but it would not start up.
I went through the usual, pulling everything until I was down to the bare hardware. The server refused to boot, at all. Basically what it does is it tries to boot, but then restarts, or sometimes, won't even attempt to boot at all.
Eventually, it worked. And since then, this exact issue has happened more than 5 times, and it's getting annoying.
I'd like to get down to the source of the problem. Since I don't have any swappable hardware, being a Xeon server and all, the best I could do is look at the Dell server logs. When I did this, it has a hundreds of entries that say:
Now, I know this has something to do with potentially the VRM or the processor, but I can't be sure because I don't know what those errors mean.
I'd appreciate it if anyone can help me out with this. Thanks!
One weekend last November, one of my clients tried to remote VPN into the server. It didn't work. With a
look on my face, I went to the site of the server, and when I found it, it was frozen (blank screen, would not respond to input). So I powered off the server and powered on again, but it would not start up. I went through the usual, pulling everything until I was down to the bare hardware. The server refused to boot, at all. Basically what it does is it tries to boot, but then restarts, or sometimes, won't even attempt to boot at all.
Eventually, it worked. And since then, this exact issue has happened more than 5 times, and it's getting annoying.
I'd like to get down to the source of the problem. Since I don't have any swappable hardware, being a Xeon server and all, the best I could do is look at the Dell server logs. When I did this, it has a hundreds of entries that say:
Code:
Sat Jan 10 13:51:35 2009 PROC_1 VCORE voltage sensor state deasserted
Sat Jan 10 13:51:39 2009 PROC_1 VCORE voltage sensor state asserted
System Boot BMC 1.5V PG voltage sensor state asserted
System Boot BMC 1.5V PG voltage sensor state deasserted
System Boot BMC PROC VTT voltage sensor state asserted
System Boot BMC PROC VTT voltage sensor state deasserted
System Boot BMC VRD 1 Temp temperature sensor detected a warning (8.0 C)
System Boot BMC VRD 1 Temp temperature sensor returned to normal (10.0 C)Now, I know this has something to do with potentially the VRM or the processor, but I can't be sure because I don't know what those errors mean.
I'd appreciate it if anyone can help me out with this. Thanks!
