Hi,
Ok I have a really strange issue, and any help is greatly appreciated.
We have vanilla servers, no name brands, RAID controllers, Win2k. This strange noise just started happening on Friday so I'll explain it as best as possible.
I went to the server Friday and the server was on and running but the screen wouldnt appear.. it was as if it was in sleeper mode. I tried everything for it to come back on and it wouldnt, so I had to turn it off from the power supply switch in the back (holding the power button didnt work). Once I turned it back on it went through BIOS and right before the splash screen the monitor shut off and then it made a horrible screeching noise, but the entire server stayed on, and the noise stopped... but the screen still wouldnt appear. I couldnt tell where the noise came from, so after trial and error (and completely turning off power to the harddrives) the noise still happened right after BIOS.
So I went into BIOS, made no changes (just flipped through settings), and exited... then all of a sudden, it booted into win2k.. and it was fine.
This morning it died again.. so I rebooted the same way (shut off the power supply switch) and it repeated the same thing, same screech, same spot that it died on. So I rebooted one more time, went into BIOS, made no changes, and exited.. and poof! it went into windows and now its fine again.
Does anyone have any insight as to what this could be? What has the capability of making such a horrible noise but only after BIOS? I'm stumped, and I had 2 computer technicians over, and they're stumped too.
Thanks so much
Suzanne
Ok I have a really strange issue, and any help is greatly appreciated.
We have vanilla servers, no name brands, RAID controllers, Win2k. This strange noise just started happening on Friday so I'll explain it as best as possible.
I went to the server Friday and the server was on and running but the screen wouldnt appear.. it was as if it was in sleeper mode. I tried everything for it to come back on and it wouldnt, so I had to turn it off from the power supply switch in the back (holding the power button didnt work). Once I turned it back on it went through BIOS and right before the splash screen the monitor shut off and then it made a horrible screeching noise, but the entire server stayed on, and the noise stopped... but the screen still wouldnt appear. I couldnt tell where the noise came from, so after trial and error (and completely turning off power to the harddrives) the noise still happened right after BIOS.
So I went into BIOS, made no changes (just flipped through settings), and exited... then all of a sudden, it booted into win2k.. and it was fine.
This morning it died again.. so I rebooted the same way (shut off the power supply switch) and it repeated the same thing, same screech, same spot that it died on. So I rebooted one more time, went into BIOS, made no changes, and exited.. and poof! it went into windows and now its fine again.
Does anyone have any insight as to what this could be? What has the capability of making such a horrible noise but only after BIOS? I'm stumped, and I had 2 computer technicians over, and they're stumped too.
Thanks so much
Suzanne