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beekerc2

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September 15th, 2009 01:00

PowerEdge 2400 Plug & Play Configuration Error issue

I have a client with 2400, latest BIOS and backplane firmware.  when it boots, it says "Plug & Play Configuration Error" right after it displays the CPU info.

it POSTs normally up until boot, then i displays the "F1 to boot, F2 to setup" message.  Pressing F1 does get it to boot normally.

i can't find anything in BIOS that relates to the Plug & Play configuration.  as far as i know, nothing has been done to the machine recently (meaning months).

any thoughts?

  • Siget

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    Posted September 15th, 2009 06:00

    Hello beekerc2,

    what is connected to the server... like a moniter mouse keyboard... try reseating these items and when you get to the OS is anything not working.... just somethings to try...

  • beekerc2

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    Posted September 20th, 2009 22:00

    monitor, mouse, keyboard.

    inside i have a PERC2/SC, DRAC II, Intel Pro/1000 NIC, & two Intel Pro/100 NIC.

    dual 1.0GHz P3 CPU's (133 FSB), four 512MB PC-133 ECC RAM

    i'm running windows 2003 (dell oem version) standard edition SP2.  bios and backplane firmware are current versions

    I did reseat everything.  managed to get it working for a while, then got hit with a memory parity fault blue screen.

    ran dell's MPmemory tester and everything passed.

    not sure where i should look next.

     

  • tommo666

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    Posted September 21st, 2009 08:00

    Check the Drac, the nicad battery packs on those cards don't last for ever and can cause unpredictable behaviour when faulty/worn out.