PowerEdge T610: No power, process of elimination

[PliotronX]

A client of ours panicked the other day during a rainstorm and saw water gushing down a hallway so hastily ripped the power cords out of the two power supplies in their T610. Upon reconnection, the server powered up, my coworker said, but he turned his back for a minute, looked over and the server was powered off. Since then, we cannot get it to even hint that there are electrons flowing through it. We have tried replacing the power distribution board to no effect and so the next suspect components are the power supplies themselves and the motherboard. As we do not have these on hand and finding them is a little tricky (preferably non-refurbs), it is slow going to try new parts. I feel it's the motherboard which is quite pricey and my coworker thinks it's the power supplies. What say you guys?

 

[ch33zw1z]

when in doubt, minimum config. one PSU at a time, etc...

 

[Burpo]

Those are 570 watt hot swap power supplies. Is it possible they got loosened or partially unplugged? The PSUs on the PowerEdge T610 have one status bi-color LED, green for AC power present and amber for a fault. Is it amber? Flashing green/yellow indicates PSU mismatch (when hot-added/swapped).
New ones are $65 on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerE...=US_Server_Power_Supplies&hash=item3a8adcd56f

 

[mfenn]

Since you haven't called Dell, I'm assuming the machine is out of warranty?

I believe that the T610 comes standard with an iDRAC Express management card. Does it get power? In other words, if you plug an Ethernet cable into the management port, it should get a link. If it doesn't, you can be assured that there is no power to the system board at all.

If you do get a link on the iDRAC, is it configured? If so, the event log will typically say exactly what is preventing the machine from booting.