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  1. PapaBobDole

    Accessing BIOS/Booting from CD on Proliant 5000 w/OUT Smartstart CD?

    Thank you Sunny! I've since discovered this the hard way, I had posted on HP's forums also and one of the techs helped me find the Softpaq for the SCU disks and I did things that way. Unfortunately, one of the CPU's died and in my process of looking for a replacement on the trader boards, I...
  2. PapaBobDole

    Ideal OS for Proliant 5000 w/ 4 CPU's?

    I thought that I'd generalize the subject a little bit to get a variety of opinions. Here is the background info: I am running a Compaq Proliant 5000 with 4 PPro 200MHz 512k processors, 512mb RAM, and a SMART Array SCSI RAID controller. This machine will be used for a...
  3. PapaBobDole

    Accessing BIOS/Booting from CD on Proliant 5000 w/OUT Smartstart CD?

    Hello all, I recently found quite a deal on a Compaq Proliant 5000 server at the Boeing surplus store. It was $75, and had 4 x PPro 200 512k proccessors, 512mb RAM, and an assortment of other goodies. I got the thing up and running, and much to my dismay, I am not able to access the bios...
  4. PapaBobDole

    phantom nic card installation

    Several possibilities strike me off the bat; first, do you have onboard LAN? If not, my theory is that perhaps the D-link card uses an Intel chipset. D-link cards often use 3rd party chipsets, mine all use Realtek chips, and it threw me the first time BSD picked them up as Realteks, but they...
  5. PapaBobDole

    Any idea why Computers Lock Up and Freeze?

    Most common causes of instability have been listed already, so I will elaborate. In the case of a PSU, a low -5v rail will cause random reboots or freezing. This can be checked in the BIOS. Anything below 4.70 is dangerous, however with a decent PSU and the hardware you listed, I can't...

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