Re: Dell PowerEdge 2450 & Win2k3 server

hmm not really cool.. basically what this is, is the system crashing because
of a hardware failure. by the looks of it you either have bad memory (ECC
calculation problem) or a problem with the CPU. Im going to assume, since
they replaced the CPU's, that this is the cause of the problem. i havent
used the dell diag tools in a while but i would imagine there is some sort
of memory test they have on there. might be worth running.

typically what i find from diag programs is they dont dig deep enough and
will rarely show you the real problem.

The other thing you can do is try to run just one CPU and see if one of the
two is bad. depending on the hardware (dont recall how the 4 series works)
you may need either a key (dell did weird stuff with keys, mostly for PERC
cards but ive seen them for CPUs as well) or some type of plate that plugs
in to the second socket that acts as a bridge. I know one of these two
situations is needed for older systems, new ones will carry on about their
business with only one CPU, nothing needs to be done to tell the system it
has one or two, or whatever, it figures it out on its own, but older systems
are a bit different. you should be able to find the service manual online
and it should tell you how to install the second cpu. your basically just
going to use that as a reference to see if it tells you to pull anything out
(key or plate)... if it does, then, you cant really test a second CPU, but
if it tells you to just drop in the second cpu and your set, then you can
easily remove the second one and try doing the install with each chip
individually and see if it works..

you can take the same approach with the memory, but i suspect its a CPU
problem.

here are some links that explain whats going on.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329284
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/162363

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms795775.aspx

Justin

"rileymartin" <rileymartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm using the latest server assist CD from Dell. The filename I
downloaded
is 4.5_ISM_A00.ISO. I am using that along with a slipstream I made of
Win2k3
Enterprise server sp1. Both the server assist CD and Win2k3 CDs work fine
for installations on a PowerEdge 2550. Just not with this 2450.

Sometimes I get the following error:

*** Hardware Malfunction

Call your hardware vendor for support

*** The system has halted

I get this error after the windows setup process. After copying the files
from the Windows server 2003 sp1 CD the server reboots, I get the Windows
logo status screen, it finishes copying files and then goes to the grey
screen where it says the following:

The type of the file system is FAT32
A disk check has been scheduled.
To skip disk checking, press any key within 10 seconds
Windows will now check the disk.
Volume serial Number is 4715-FF7E
Windows is verifying files and folders...
3 percent completed..

Usually it hangs during the countdown. For the first time it actually
started checking the drives but hung after 3%. I just rebooted and it got
past the countdown and got hung right after saying Windows is verifying
files
and folders... Usually it just hangs and every once in a while I get a
stop
error. After a few reboots I got it to produce the below stop error:

MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION

STOP 0x0000009c (0x00000001, 0xF772D2B0, 0XB2000000, 0X00000115)

I checked out all the connections again, re-connected everything, CPU's,
voltage regulator, all data/power cables... Everything....

One thing I did fined was that the two CPUs in this Dell server are labled
Compaq. I bought this server used and now I found there are Compaq CPUs
in
this server. I guess a CPU is a CPU. I don't know if CPUs are
manufactured
differently for Dell and Compaq.

"Justin Rich" wrote:

can you get us the stop error info? normally the first two lines have all
the info you need.

you get the blue screen during the install? so the first time you see the
windows logo and progress bar is when it dies?

what version of server assistant are you using?


"rileymartin" <rileymartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Help!

I tried installing Windows Server 2003 and each time I get the
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 logo and the little status bar moving
from
left
to right and that's when I get a stop error, or the system hangs. I
tried
the installation about 20 times so far with same result. I ran full
diagnostics from the utility partition and no errors were reported on
any
hardware. During the server installations I tried the following so
far:

1) Swapped out memory, hard drives, SCSI back plane.
2) Updated PERC & BIOS firmware.
3) Tried installing with the PERC and also tried installing using the
onboard SCSI conroller.
4) Installed using server assistant.
5) Installed not using server assistant.
6) Tried windows server 2003 microsoft original media.
7) Tried windows server 2003 sp1 slipstream.
8) Tried installing as NTFS.
9) Tried installing as FAT32.

I'm out of ideas on what to do/try. I haven't been able to find
any
useful information anywhere so far. If anyone has any ideas please let
me
know. Any help would be greatly appreicated. Thanks.





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