Re: Server Turning Off, UPS Unresponsive

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Several servers in a cupboard with little cooling is a recipe for trouble.
Problem is probably not the UPS, but the server box itself. Some
suggestions:
* Install the CPU temperature monitoring software for your motherboard
provided by the motherboard manufacturer, and *use it*, or install a
hardware temperature sensing and alert device. If the temperature gets too
high, you need to improve the cooling.
* Check the advanced BIOS settings. If the motherboard has temperature
monitoring, there should be a setting for the critical CPU temperature at
which the BIOS will shut down the system to keep the CPU from
self-destructing. You might try to increase that setting if it is in the low
side of the range.
* Replace the power supply. If that does not work replace the motherboard.

C_O

<smbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1116830904.352882.178480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Several times now, my SBS 2000 box has turned off (no shutdown, most
> ungraceful!), and the only way to get it to start up again is to turn
> off the UPS, turn it on again, and then press the power button on the
> Server.
>
> I am fairly certain that the server is OK, and that this must be a
> power issue.
>
> I have already replaced the UPS with one I know works fine.
>
> My question is this:
>
> As these servers are kept in a cupboard with relatively little cooling,
> is it possible the UPS is overheating, or should I be looking at the
> power source for the UPS (ie. mains)?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Steve
>


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