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add on video for proliant 3000 problem
Hi Folks,
I have a proliant 3000 running Win2k server and the onboard video just ain't cutting it on my latest applications. I bought a pci vid card and disabled the onboard via the system switch. My problem is that upon boot it won't recognize my scsi smart p\2 board... and thus will not boot the operating system. I get the "non system disk or disk error... replace and strike any key" prompt. I have changed the video card to various pci slots but same results. Compaq support's help was a short "we dont approve 3rd party add-ons and recommend you dont use them... no support for this problem.........THANKS COMPAQ!!! any ideas on how to get the system to see the SCSI card AND the add on video card. Thanks in advance for the help!!! |
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Clear NVRAM then re-run the system configuration from your smart start
CD . Hi Folks, I have a proliant 3000 running Win2k server and the onboard video just ain't cutting it on my latest applications. I bought a pci vid card and disabled the onboard via the system switch. My problem is that upon boot it won't recognize my scsi smart p\2 board... and thus will not boot the operating system. I get the "non system disk or disk error... replace and strike any key" prompt. I have changed the video card to various pci slots but same results. Compaq support's help was a short "we dont approve 3rd party add-ons and recommend you dont use them... no support for this problem.........THANKS COMPAQ!!! any ideas on how to get the system to see the SCSI card AND the add on video card. Thanks in advance for the help!!! |
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With the card inserted of course
Clear NVRAM then re-run the system configuration from your smart start CD . Hi Folks, I have a proliant 3000 running Win2k server and the onboard video just ain't cutting it on my latest applications. I bought a pci vid card and disabled the onboard via the system switch. My problem is that upon boot it won't recognize my scsi smart p\2 board... and thus will not boot the operating system. I get the "non system disk or disk error... replace and strike any key" prompt. I have changed the video card to various pci slots but same results. Compaq support's help was a short "we dont approve 3rd party add-ons and recommend you dont use them... no support for this problem.........THANKS COMPAQ!!! any ideas on how to get the system to see the SCSI card AND the add on video card. Thanks in advance for the help!!! |
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thats because its a server and not a desktop/workstation.
You are most likely using this machine in a capacity for which it was not designed to be used. When you do things like that, you run the risk of not having a supported configuration. boo hoo LC "Sharmon" wrote in message news With the card inserted of course Clear NVRAM then re-run the system configuration from your smart start CD . Hi Folks, I have a proliant 3000 running Win2k server and the onboard video just ain't cutting it on my latest applications. I bought a pci vid card and disabled the onboard via the system switch. My problem is that upon boot it won't recognize my scsi smart p\2 board... and thus will not boot the operating system. I get the "non system disk or disk error... replace and strike any key" prompt. I have changed the video card to various pci slots but same results. Compaq support's help was a short "we dont approve 3rd party add-ons and recommend you dont use them... no support for this problem.........THANKS COMPAQ!!! any ideas on how to get the system to see the SCSI card AND the add on video card. Thanks in advance for the help!!! |
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WOW.....didn't realize running a database was a use that a server wasn't
designed for???? I guess when that whopping 1 meg onboard video goes on the fritz you should just call up good ole Compaq and get them to send you a replacement at 4 times the cost...............oh wait........ they dont make that server anymore. Or go wade thru Ebay instead of adding a readily available video card..... oh well....... or "boo hoo" as you say. The replacement video card was to make it functional again, not to play Counterstrike. Thanks for the help Sharmon. I hate to clear and reset the config. Don't want to have to redo my array.... or at least untill I can save my large database. |
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Clear to NVRAM NOT a system erase , your array will not be touched
\ WOW.....didn't realize running a database was a use that a server wasn't designed for???? I guess when that whopping 1 meg onboard video goes on the fritz you should just call up good ole Compaq and get them to send you a replacement at 4 times the cost...............oh wait........ they dont make that server anymore. Or go wade thru Ebay instead of adding a readily available video card..... oh well....... or "boo hoo" as you say. The replacement video card was to make it functional again, not to play Counterstrike. Thanks for the help Sharmon. I hate to clear and reset the config. Don't want to have to redo my array.... or at least untill I can save my large database. |
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Wow.. when did " and the onboard video just ain't cutting it on my latest
applications " come to mean that the display doesnt work. Aint cuting it and does not function are not the same thing, jackass. A vast majority of the time that people ask about putting video cards, and sound cards, and IDE cards into these servers, its because they are trying to make a desktop workstation out of a server. Obviously its " My Bad " for looking at what you wrote, and confusing it with the subtlety of what you obviously meant to say. I must be the only person reading this group that couldnt tell that the onboard video was fried. Silly me. In the real world, most admins rely on the onboard video to be able to see the system boot, then turn off the display and use Terminal Services to connect to the machine. This gives them the ability to scale the desktop size to the limits of the display on thier workstatoins. If you really dont want to buy another mainboard, you do have the option of putting a Remote Insight Lights Out Edition board in there. It has an ATI Rage chip on it, and should be able to show your your database information at 1024 x 768 in more than 256 colors with no problem. Either way, you have to re-run the system config utility (f10 ) to reset the NVRAM. Hell, you have to be able to boot from the disk to get to the tools to clear the NVRAM, or.. boot from a smartstart CD. LC "reno58" wrote in message lkaboutcomputing.com... WOW.....didn't realize running a database was a use that a server wasn't designed for???? I guess when that whopping 1 meg onboard video goes on the fritz you should just call up good ole Compaq and get them to send you a replacement at 4 times the cost...............oh wait........ they dont make that server anymore. Or go wade thru Ebay instead of adding a readily available video card..... oh well....... or "boo hoo" as you say. The replacement video card was to make it functional again, not to play Counterstrike. Thanks for the help Sharmon. I hate to clear and reset the config. Don't want to have to redo my array.... or at least untill I can save my large database. |
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