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*** Newbie Alert *** I have just bought a Proliant 5000 with Quad P200 pro's. I have had no experience with these units, but this one has got a fault. When powering up it throws up an error saying that the two CPUs on one of the CPU boards have failed. Testing has revealed that the CPUs and VRMs...

Everytime I try to boot up my elderly Dads pc, after the red Compaq letters, he gets a "no operating system found" error. I've tried using the quickrestore CD's, but all it does is pop up a screen that says "quickrestore", and just blinks forever and goes no further. I build PC's, so this is really...

I need a language disk 1 (b34) to complete a restore. I requested a current set of restore disks and they were shipped out on on Oct 30, 2003 from the Toronto location. I get the same request for a language disk from the new restore disks -Compaq part number 124811-402. I have done a full scrub...

I can't seem to locate the speed of the interface on this controller... Is it UW or U2W or something else? I'm trying to decide whether to use this or a Megaraid 428 controller but the specs for the Smart2/p seem to elude my searches.

My neice has a Deskpro EN (500 Mhz, I think). It was working, had to be moved and now I get a 301 error. I have tried 3 different keyboards and they all flash when plugged in but that's all I get, no keys work. Then, if I just let the PC sit for a few minutes, NUM/CAPS/SCROLL will flash on and...

I need to swap out the original cd drive with a replacement from Compaq. When I set up this server I couldn't figure out how to get access to the original, so I just added a spare drive temporarily. What's the secret to getting the original drive out? This is a tower model if that makes any...

Hi I'm trying to resurrect a Proliant 3000 w/ hot plug cage. The cage has 18gig Compaq OEM drives. All drives are scanned correctly by the BIOS at startup. The drives can be accessed with SmartStart and I can write the F10 partition to it no problem. If I boot from a seperate drive w/ Win2k,...

I have 2 Proliant 2500's with dual PPro 200's and Smart Arrays. I'm lookint to install a linux distro on them and will be using several GUI applications. The on-board video is definitely not up to the challenge based on my initial testing. Does the Proliant 2500 support an add in PCI video card?...

Hi I have a Compaq RIB (not the lights out Edition) Can some one tell me how to change the IP address to be DHCP At the moment it is static What is the configuration utility called Thanks

you need to use the Insight Manager to configure, and the "drivers" are called Compaq Power Management. It snaps into the insight agents and can be pretty nifty. LC "Derek Tweedie" wrote in message ... I have a 1000va Compaq...

hi there, i have an proliant 1600 6/500 with one pentium3 500mhz cpu; now i installed a second cpu, the bios see both cpu´s but no operating system (linux, nt, w2k) found a second cpu; changing the positions has no affect, each cpu works - but only alone; did anyone know this problem ? thx, alex

Hi. We just replaced a system board on a proliant dl360 g1, it will not power up and there is an orange LED lit on the System Board -- what does this usually mean?

2GB RAM 4 - 18.2 10K RPM SCSI III drives dual 1GHz CPUs single power supply (dual capable!) onsite warranty until Oct 31 2004 !!! $2400 obo - can deliver or meet in AZ (Scottsdale, Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler and surrounding areas)

Hi everybody. I'm looking to put in a second proc in my 6/300-3000. Is it possilbe to put in a 333Mhz and strap it to 300Mhz? Can I put in any slot1 300Mhz with the right stepping and voltage? thanks, Mike

We just inherited three Storage works 4354R enclosures, two Storage Works SAN Switches 16-EL. I have no software, no manuals, etc. Can someone please provide any helpful information possible, like what software is necassary for setting the SAN up and managing it. I am starting research now and...

I have problems with my 5500r 4*200 PPro. What I think what happend: A week ago I rebooted the 5500r but left in the POST with "Press F1 to continue". A day or so later it was automaticly powered off! And I think it said something like "system powered off" on the diag LCD. Then I had problems...

Hi All, I am trying to repair a Compaq Armada 7400 I have been given, unfortunately I don't have an AC Adaptor for this machine - Does anyone please have the pin out details for the PSU connector. I believe that one pin is ground two others are actual DC supply voltages and the 4th pin is a logic...

Greetings: We had two drives at ID 0 and 1 configured as RAID 1 on a smart-2/p controller; I needed to work with this file system from another o/s so I removed these drives (set them aside) and installed two new drives in ID 0 and 1 and configured the controller for RAID 0 on them. I then did an...

Want to buy the follwing processors Xeon 700 Mhz 1 Mb cache 5/12 V sl4xv / sl49q ( 174448-b21 ) any brand Xeon 700 Mhz 2 Mb cache 5/12 V sl49s / sl4xx ( 174449-b21 ) any brand Xeon 900 Mhz 2 Mb cache 5/12 V sl4xz ( 222627-b21 ) any brand Xeon Dp 2.0 Ghz 400 FBS sl6em ( or any other step ) Xeon Dp...