Hello

Today I wanted to boot one of my lab R710 servers when I realized that the fans didn't slow down and the front LCD display kept dark.

First I though I ran into a RAM problem since the system first stuck at "Configuring memory please wait ..."

Then I removed some DIMMs etc. until I realized that after while the boot continued up to this point:

I got a second R710 and so I've decided to swap the iDRAC adapters and the allegedly "broken" one worked in the other server without any issues. I've put the "ok" one in the affected server but still the same problem.

I also swapped the board of the front LCD panel and checked he cabling, not still the same error.

So  I got the bad feeling it would be the mainboard.

Unfortunately I'm unable to upgrade the firmware (running an old 6.0.7 BIOS) since the boot gets interrupted too early.

At the moment I'm a bit clueless on how to proceed and I'm really looking forward to get some tips from you!

Best regards

Patrick