| 4 | | = FEB 2 = |
| 5 | | - Checked 4 servers for possible fan failures - Haydn and Rita |
| 6 | | - ippc08 - larger fan on power supply not working -- frozen stuck. We did not have the replacement fan with us and will replace next week. |
| 7 | | - ipp015 - we found two fans in the front (that pull the cold air in) that weren't working. We discovered two power connectors to power the fans were not connected. After connecting power all fans now working. |
| 8 | | - ipp025 - no fan failures found. |
| 9 | | - ipp017 - no fan failures found. |
| 10 | | |
| 11 | | - Rita - While I was there working Gavin called for support to check out ipp027, which seemed to have crashed. After power cycling a few times, waiting 1 hr., and power cycling again, the system rebooted and came back online. |
| | 4 | == FEB 9 == |
| | 5 | * ipp027 -- began displaying the BIOS message today -- we have no idea why, but we were very thankful! Used the CD to update its BIOS. This cleared the old settings, so I changed the ones which we always change. Now it works fine again. |
| | 6 | * ipp028 -- still catatonic. Displayed "E4" POST code. Cindy recommended removing everything from the machine, so we removed the RAID card. This caused the two beeps it was making to change to a different (undocumented in the manual) pattern. The POST code changed to "E1". Next we removed all of the RAM. The POST code changed to "60" after going through a bunch of different values. We started reinstalling the RAM, first 1 stick, then 4, then 8. With one stick the BIOS screen said that the BIOS settings were invalid, so I reset them to our usual values and saved it. Apparently this machine's BIOS settings spontaneously got corrupted. If this happens again, we should replace the CR2032 battery with a fresh one, and/or check that the CMOS reset jumper is in the default position. Reinstalled the RAID card. Oddly, this machine recognizes that it has an ATA DVD/RW drive, however it cannot read the CD in the drive. |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | == FEB 8 == |
| | 9 | * ipp030 - one small fan in back wasn't working, but didn't bother to replace it. It has miniscule impact. |
| | 10 | * ipp028 - no fan failures found. |
| | 11 | * ipp031 - no fan failures found. |
| | 12 | * ipp023 - no fan failures found. |
| | 13 | * ipp014 - no fan failures found, however one of the CPU fans is installed backwards -- it is pushing air toward all of the other fans. Fixing it requires removing the heat sink and rotating it 180 degrees, which we didn't want to do at that time, but we should consider doing in the future. |
| | 14 | * ipp016 - missing one fan (on the left), had 2 broken fans. One fan was actually broken, and the other wouldn't work because of a short/open circuit on the litte board which the fans plug into. Replaced the broken fan, and connected the other fan directly to the headers behind the disk drives. |
| | 15 | * ippc08 - the large power supply fan was actually ok. |
| | 16 | * ipp025 - moved the power cables on the PDU to where they should have gone. |
| | 17 | * ipp027 - the power cables weren't looped through the power supply handles, so one by one I moved them. Tried to update the BIOS with the CD which Gavin sent me the ISO for. Unfortunately, the machine turned catatonic, and we couldn't see anything on the video and the caps lock light wouldn't come on on the keyboard. |
| | 18 | * ipp028 - wouldn't come back up. Gavin recommended using the motherboard jumper to clear the CMOS. Behaved just like ipp027 -- catatonic. Displayed "E4" POST code. |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | == FEB 2 == |
| | 21 | * Checked 4 servers for possible fan failures - Haydn and Rita |
| | 22 | * ippc08 - larger fan on power supply not working -- frozen stuck. We did not have the replacement fan with us and will replace next week. |
| | 23 | * ipp015 - we found two fans in the front (that pull the cold air in) that weren't working. We discovered two power connectors to power the fans were not connected. After connecting power all fans now working. |
| | 24 | * ipp025 - no fan failures found. |
| | 25 | * ipp017 - no fan failures found. |
| | 26 | * Rita - While I was there working Gavin called for support to check out ipp027, which seemed to have crashed. After power cycling a few times, waiting 1 hr., and power cycling again, the system rebooted and came back online. |
| | 27 | |
