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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.0&return_msg=42546.9"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.21">21–22</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42546.9">IBM System X</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42546_9_22_10"> <a name="a42546_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 11:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 11:23"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9">42546.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.7">42546.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I didn't bother digging very far because it started to remind me of work so I got all panicky and cold-sweaty and stopped, but what is the flash procedure? I saw that there's a web method (which seems a bit dumb, at least in an emergency, since the IMM controls the network).<br /> <br /> We had a little server room at the end of the corridor with a rack of switches and some servers. There was an ancient free-standing server that had been running for years but nobody knew what it was because it wasn't on any network plans and the sticky label had dropped off. Some Network people were mucking about with re-routing some new staff workstations and one of then decided to reboot it using the big button on the front. I did suggest that plugging in the spare monitor that was standing about a foot away just to check first might be clever, but that earned me a sneer. That wouldn't restart either. turned out to be something crucial to do with Stamp Duty. Cost more than £150 on ebay to rebuild.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.9&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 11:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 18:46"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.10">42546.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_9" target="_self">42546.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The flash procedure seems to be "do it via the the web interface, if the IMM won't load, boot the backup IMM and do it via the web interface".<br /> <br /> As far as I could see in the manual, if the backup IMM won't load either, replace the motherboard. Surely must be a header somewhere I could flash from, though?<br /> <br /> Struggling to find any cheap replacement boxes on eBay, thankfully it's just a Plex and file storage server of little consequence to anything mission critical - glad I'm not trying to explain to the bean counters why the beans are no longer being counted.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.10&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 14:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 14:19"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.11">42546.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_10" target="_self">42546.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> No chance it's the CMOS battery?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.11&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 14:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 14:50"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.12">42546.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_11" target="_self">42546.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> ¯\(°_o)/¯<br /> <br /> <br /> Would surely still boot, just lose its BIOS settings? I've taken battery out and cleared CMOS to no effect.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 3 Feb 2020 14:24 by KOSWIX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.12&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 14:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 14:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.13">42546.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_12" target="_self">42546.12</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Re-seated ram, add-in cards, different psu yadda?. We're in hail-mary-pass land now... (I didn't know you could oc a psu?)</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.13&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_14"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_14"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 14:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 15:04"></span></span> <span class="message_count">14 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.14">42546.14</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_13" target="_self">42546.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Tried all that (don't have bother PSU to try).<br /> <br /> Didn't OC the PSU so much as accidentally blow up half my house due to 1950s electrics going wrong </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.14&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.14"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_15"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_15"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 15:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 15:31"></span></span> <span class="message_count">15 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.15">42546.15</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_14" target="_self">42546.14</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've had a pc that wouldn't post until I pulled the hdd. Then it would post, boot from a cd, and ultimately from a new hdd.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.15&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.15"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_16"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_16"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 18:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 3 Feb 2020 21:24"></span></span> <span class="message_count">16 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.16">42546.16</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_14" target="_self">42546.14</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Probably the PSU then.<br /> <br /> Get your Multimeter out and measure the outputs of the 12v and 5v rails on the PSU motherboard connector and see what it is giving out.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.16&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.16"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_17"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_17"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time"> 3 Feb 2020 21:29</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 Feb 2020 07:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">17 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.17">42546.17</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_16" target="_self">42546.16</a></div> <div class="message_body"> ...with a paperclip shorting pins 15 & 16 (green and black) natch</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.17&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.17"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42546_18"></a><div class="message" id="message_42546_18"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time"> 4 Feb 2020 07:56</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 Feb 2020 17:12"></span></span> <span class="message_count">18 of 22</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.18">42546.18</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42546.9#a42546_16" target="_self">42546.16</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Will check at the weekend.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42546.18&return_msg=42546.9" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42546.18"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42546.19" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>