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I have a server, consisting of a P4 2.8Ghz E Prescott (800FSB) CPU with an Abit VT7 motherboard, with 2 120GB WD Drives in RAID 1 (mirror). The other day, I noticed the computer 'beeping' (when the Temperature gets warm Im assuming). The computer was not responding when I would try to connect to it via Terminal Services, so I shut it off, and turned it back on. Everything came back on.
About 3 hours later, the power suddenly went out in this area, once power came back, I turned the machine back on and realized that the RAID array had to be rebuilt, so I rebuilt the array, and then when it tried booting into Windows 2003 server, it would show a black screen (no signal) after showing the Windows 2003 logo and then when it *should* display the "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to login" screen. I tried going to safe mode, but sometimes it would go and sometimes it wouldn't.
One or two other times (while I successfully got into safe mode), the temperature monitor would beep, so I thought the CPU fan/heatsink wasnt working properly, so I used my compressed air device to blow off all the dust, put the fan back on, but the lever that locks the fan in place broke, so I tried locking the fan on without the lever, turned on the machine, and I noticed a burning smell after about 10 seconds. Thinking it was the CPU overheating, I quickly shut off the PC and saw the CPU was VERY hot.
I fixed the CPU fan and re-installed it on the CPU (locked it in place with the levers and everything), but now the computer does not POST at all. I thought it might be the power supply, but when I turn on the PC, the PSU fan spins, the CPU fan spins, and I hear my 2 HD's spinning up as well.
I tried taking out the RAM and/or the videocard to see if the motherboard 'beeps', and it does not beep at all either, so I am not sure if the problem lies in the motherboard, the CPU, or both?
Any help to diagnose this would be tremendously appreciated. Thanks.
I have a server, consisting of a P4 2.8Ghz E Prescott (800FSB) CPU with an Abit VT7 motherboard, with 2 120GB WD Drives in RAID 1 (mirror). The other day, I noticed the computer 'beeping' (when the Temperature gets warm Im assuming). The computer was not responding when I would try to connect to it via Terminal Services, so I shut it off, and turned it back on. Everything came back on.
About 3 hours later, the power suddenly went out in this area, once power came back, I turned the machine back on and realized that the RAID array had to be rebuilt, so I rebuilt the array, and then when it tried booting into Windows 2003 server, it would show a black screen (no signal) after showing the Windows 2003 logo and then when it *should* display the "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to login" screen. I tried going to safe mode, but sometimes it would go and sometimes it wouldn't.
One or two other times (while I successfully got into safe mode), the temperature monitor would beep, so I thought the CPU fan/heatsink wasnt working properly, so I used my compressed air device to blow off all the dust, put the fan back on, but the lever that locks the fan in place broke, so I tried locking the fan on without the lever, turned on the machine, and I noticed a burning smell after about 10 seconds. Thinking it was the CPU overheating, I quickly shut off the PC and saw the CPU was VERY hot.
I fixed the CPU fan and re-installed it on the CPU (locked it in place with the levers and everything), but now the computer does not POST at all. I thought it might be the power supply, but when I turn on the PC, the PSU fan spins, the CPU fan spins, and I hear my 2 HD's spinning up as well.
I tried taking out the RAM and/or the videocard to see if the motherboard 'beeps', and it does not beep at all either, so I am not sure if the problem lies in the motherboard, the CPU, or both?
Any help to diagnose this would be tremendously appreciated. Thanks.
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