[rescue] E420r problems

[Dan Sikorski]

Patrick Giagnocavo 717-201-3366 wrote:

>On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 20:08, Dan Sikorski wrote:
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>>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:
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>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)?
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>I saw some extremely weird behavior when a nearly-working CPU was in the CPU0 slot of an E250 - notice I said "nearly-working".
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I did try that, but got the same symptoms.  Just tried again to be sure, 
no go...

    -Dan Sikorski