Re: W2K3 Server Standard - in reboot loop

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From: freeus75 (freeus75_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: 29 Mar 2004 10:06:17 -0800

I had exactly the same problem on PL8500. The server had over 3GB of
RAM, and fixed the problem by reducing the amount of the RAM to the
minimum.

Dae Yang

"DavidH" <david_haskell@NOSPAMpleasekyzen.com> wrote in message news:<#3Y9MbQEEHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> I tried every single startup option - safe mode, last known good config,
> even the fix active directory - none worked. In safe mode it hangs at the
> line windows\AppPatch\drvmain.sdb then reboots. I figured I'd upgrade the
> server bios (ProLiant ML350 G3) to see if that would help since I was one
> bios version back - I've updaged numerous servers and workstations without
> any difficulties - bios update finished ok, closed out rebooted - the BIOS
> is now corrupt - spent an hour with HP support and they're sending out a new
> systemboard - not a good day for me.
>
>
>
> "Bill Frisbee [MVP]" <stormerX@comcastx.net> wrote in message
> news:ez$BEdPEEHA.2628@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > DavidH,
> >
> > First, you are welcome.
> >
> >
> > Second, can you boot the server in Safe Mode? Press F8 when the system is
> > booting and see what you can do.
> >
> > The reboot cycle is a pain in the *** and is due to the default behaviour
> > of Windows Server 2003. When it blue screens it automatically reboots.
> > Personally I find that a pain in the ***.
> >
> > If you cannot boot into safe mode, try the Last Known Good configuration
> and
> > see what happens.
> >
> > From your description it sounds like you may have disk controller issues.
> >
> > Bill F. (Windows Server Setup MVP)
> >
> > "DavidH" <david_haskell@NOSPAMpleasekyzen.com> wrote in message
> > news:u%23XUm1OEEHA.2700@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > I setup w2k3 on older hardware and I had to do a clean install 3 times
> > > because the first two it got into a continues reboot - when trying to
> > > restart the server it seemed to restart ok then it would get to the
> Windows
> > > Server 2003 screen with the moving line underneath the line would get to
> the
> > > middle, stop , then a blue screen would pop up too fast to read and
> reboot -
> > > didn't go away until I did a clean install.
> > >
> > > I'm now on a second server - after fixing some DNS issues (thanks Bill
> F.),
> > > it was running fine. Installed Exchange 2003 - ran all pre-install
> tests -
> > > everything checked out. After complete install checked for updates.
> > > Checked log files - no errors. Decided to restart the server. It
> hanged
> on
> > > "restarting server" for over 10 minutes so I was forced to shut off the
> > > system. Then on restart it also got into the continues reboot loop -
> what
> > > is this - the blue screen comes up too fast to read and pause doesn't
> stop
> > > it. I've tried every startup mode - when starting in safe mode it pauses
> on:
> > > windows\AppPatch\drvmain.sdb before it restarts.
> > >
> > > This is confusing since it's happened on two different servers. I read
> > > another post where this happened but no one responded. - any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

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