Dell Poweredge 2650 will not complete Post

[Revcore001]

I have an issue with a dell ooweredge 2650. I had to replace a bad system board. Which I have done no problem and the server now boots to Dell screen. When it goes to load I am unable to access the bios because it stops right after it shows the 2 processors installed. I have no error message whats so ever. All light are green. LCD is perfect blue. All hard drive light are green the cd and floppy are working. I am unable to boot from cd because the system must go past the post start up which it does not complete. Once again I get a blinking cursor right after it shows the 2 processors installed.

 

[maultier]

I have had cases where the motherboard was not compatible with the riser card but it did not stop POST. I would suggest taking the riser off and making sure there are no bent pins. Beyond that..the usual recommendations to strip the machine to a basic level...no pci cards installed.. remove the raid key..no disks installed.

 

[Revcore001]

I have checked all of that and more. I have stripped it down to the minimum post requirements. Still the same thing.

 

[GettinBi]

Are you the original owner of the server? Dell offers life time phone support if you purchased it from them.

 

[fugtruck]

Also, try reseating or replacing the memory modules. I've seen that cause this kind of problem.