Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-23 Thread mark
On 02/22/17 18:08, John R Pierce wrote: On 2/22/2017 1:51 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: That's what I was saying - I tried connecting to it from another server in the rack, and it's supposed to show a web page, but I can't ping it, and firefox times out trying to connect to the default IP of 192.1

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread FrancisM
On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 at 07:08, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/22/2017 1:51 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > That's what I was saying - I tried connecting to it from another server > in > > the rack, and it's supposed to show a web page, but I can't ping it, and > > firefox times out trying to connect

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/22/2017 1:51 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: That's what I was saying - I tried connecting to it from another server in the rack, and it's supposed to show a web page, but I can't ping it, and firefox times out trying to connect to the default IP of 192.168.70.125. a default IP like that only

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread Styma, Robert (Nokia - US)
> > Just for grins, pull off the cover and look at the electrolytic capacitors > on the motherboard. ... Thanks, that's a thought. The cover's already off But forget that, no soldering here. Mark In any case, if you can identify bad components on the board. You can avoid wasting more

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread Pete Travis
On Feb 22, 2017 4:27 PM, wrote: Styma, Robert (Nokia - US) wrote: > > Just for grins, pull off the cover and look at the electrolytic capacitors > on the motherboard. > Look for ones with the tops pushed up instead of being flat. This can > cause all sorts of odd behavior. Often the machine wit

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread m . roth
Styma, Robert (Nokia - US) wrote: > > Just for grins, pull off the cover and look at the electrolytic capacitors > on the motherboard. > Look for ones with the tops pushed up instead of being flat. This can > cause all sorts of odd behavior. Often the machine with a blown capacitor > will continu

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread Styma, Robert (Nokia - US)
Just for grins, pull off the cover and look at the electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard. Look for ones with the tops pushed up instead of being flat. This can cause all sorts of odd behavior. Often the machine with a blown capacitor will continue to run till it is powered off.Most

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread m . roth
Mark Woolfson \(Notebook\) wrote: > From what I remember the 3650 M2 has got some diagnostic LED's on the rear > panel. > > Do these turn on and cycle? > The PSU's each have three LEDs: showing ac good, dc good, and no error. There's a blinking green in the back, and that's it. The pull-out panel

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/22/2017 1:32 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> 1. the server was working fine before we moved it out of the datacenter >> yesterday afternoon. > > old hardware often doesn't survive moves, or even power/thermal cycles > (powering off long enough to get cold, then

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread Mark Woolfson (Notebook)
ry 22, 2017 9:43 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on On 2/22/2017 1:32 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: 1. the server was working fine before we moved it out of the datacenter yesterday afternoon. old hardware often doesn't su

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/22/2017 1:32 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: 1. the server was working fine before we moved it out of the datacenter yesterday afternoon. old hardware often doesn't survive moves, or even power/thermal cycles (powering off long enough to get cold, then back on). does that server

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread Mark Woolfson (Notebook)
Kingdom Tel: +44 113 259 1204 Mob: +44 786 065 2778 -Original Message- From: m.r...@5-cent.us Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:32 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on John R Pierce wrote: On 2/22/2017 1:16 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/22/2017 1:16 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> a) Please don't top post. >> b) 'T'ain't funny, McGee. They don't have the budget, and they need this >> server*now*... it's one of their compute nodes, and at least one person >> is dead in the water. > > you can't afford a re

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/22/2017 1:16 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: a) Please don't top post. b) 'T'ain't funny, McGee. They don't have the budget, and they need this server*now*... it's one of their compute nodes, and at least one person is dead in the water. you can't afford a replacement for a 6-8 year old server

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread m . roth
Jason Welsh wrote: > http://www.ebay.com/bhp/ibm-x3650 > > ;) > a) Please don't top post. b) 'T'ain't funny, McGee. They don't have the budget, and they need this server *now*... it's one of their compute nodes, and at least one person is dead in the water. mark, incredibly frustrated with

Re: [CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread Jason Welsh
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/ibm-x3650 ;) Jason On 02/22/2017 04:08 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I've never seen anything like this. We moved it from the data center yesterday, and this morning I plug it in, and it won't power up. I find a manual for it online, and it says that on plugging it in,

[CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

2017-02-22 Thread m . roth
I've never seen anything like this. We moved it from the data center yesterday, and this morning I plug it in, and it won't power up. I find a manual for it online, and it says that on plugging it in, wait 3 minutes. The power button will flash 4x/sec, then slow down to once a sec, and at that time