[rescue] E420r problems

Wed Feb 15 20:08:15 CST 2006

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 20:08, Dan Sikorski wrote:
> I have an e420r that i cannot get to boot.  On a normal boot, it hangs 
> after initializing memory, and will not respond to a Stop-A or break on 
> serial console.  After consulting the list archives, i tried all manner 
> of reseating memory modules and the riser card.  Some googling for my 
> errors during a boot with max diag turned on led me to this:

Before you spring for a new mobo, I would suggest removing all the CPUs except the minimum needed (e420r runs in a 1-cpu config, right)?

I saw some extremely weird behavior when a nearly-working CPU was in the CPU0 slot of an E250 - notice I said "nearly-working".

--Patrick