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June 1st, 2006 11:00
PE 4300 Video problem
I have a Poweredge 4300 running Small Business server 4.5
Yesterday our server had slowed to a complete crawl. When I went to see what was wrong, I found that the video stopped working.
I switched off the server and revooted. Now when windows starts it says that the video device driver could not load. I tried to change to standard VGA drivers, but got a BSOD (STOP 0x0000001E KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED).
After booting, it asks me to chose a device driver. I've decided to cancel this because I don't want to crash the server again.
It seems to me like the onboard video has gone wrong or there is a mainboard problem.
Has anyone any ideas how I can work out which one it is.
I've thought about installing a new video card (I presume that the onboard VGA can be disabled in the BIOS).
What cards are recommended for this server? Where can I get a replacement mainboard if necessary?
Thanks
Harry
Yesterday our server had slowed to a complete crawl. When I went to see what was wrong, I found that the video stopped working.
I switched off the server and revooted. Now when windows starts it says that the video device driver could not load. I tried to change to standard VGA drivers, but got a BSOD (STOP 0x0000001E KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED).
After booting, it asks me to chose a device driver. I've decided to cancel this because I don't want to crash the server again.
It seems to me like the onboard video has gone wrong or there is a mainboard problem.
Has anyone any ideas how I can work out which one it is.
I've thought about installing a new video card (I presume that the onboard VGA can be disabled in the BIOS).
What cards are recommended for this server? Where can I get a replacement mainboard if necessary?
Thanks
Harry
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speedstep
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June 4th, 2006 15:00
You can get a board from ebay or the entire server from a used reseller.
http://www.pcretro.com
Typically the 1300/2300/4300's are $99 or LESS for low memory bare units that work. its the shipping that kills you cuz they are
heavy. I tend to buy them locally and go and get them myself.
https://www.pcretro.com/webstore//catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=106
Message Edited by SpeedStep on 06-04-200612:35 PM