Rackable Systems HDAMA Dual Opteron

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  1. iainstott

    iainstott MDL Novice

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    #1 iainstott, Mar 10, 2010
    Hi guys. Recently I purchased this server off ebay to use at home and im having a terrible time with it.
    I got it about a week ago, it took me 3 days to get an os installed on it because it would just lock up on me.
    When i finally got linux installed, even the simplest thing (turning it on for example) would lock it up.
    By locking up i mean, screen freeze just wont budge.

    Any suggestions as to what it can be.

    Arima/Rioworks HDAMA Motherboard
    Dual Opteron 250
    2Gb DDR 333 (i think, will double check)
     
  2. tqhoang

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    #2 tqhoang, Mar 21, 2010
    Freezing would indicate hardware problems. Check your memory with Memtest86+. Most modern Linux distros include that as an option with the install disc.
     
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    #3 warmo, Mar 21, 2010
    have the same board wanted to get sever 2008 on it but have had to settle for server 2003 think prob a ram problem
     
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  7. jinxy_tj

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    #7 jinxy_tj, Aug 13, 2010
    HDAMA locking up/freezing

    Just a reply to the opening of this thread, I have also had this exact same problem. It seems to be when the two chips are installed, removing one resolves this issue.

    I have had this same problem with my prior board (MSI K7D master), and am looking everywhere for the solution.

    In the mean time this is the only solution I have, I really hope it can be resolved.
     
  8. HellFire

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    #8 HellFire, Oct 16, 2010
    Same issue. Haven't tried removing a CPU yet. I know it's not a hardware issue, i've already ran memtest86 and it was perfectly stable in Win7 for a few days. It was fine running off a live CD overnight while i was cloning the drive, now if i boot off HDD.. it freezes within 20mins.

    I've tried the 2.16, 2.17 and 2.18B BIOS, but with all it just freezes after a while.
     
  9. HellFire

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    #9 HellFire, Oct 17, 2010
    Disabling ACPI seems to have fixed it. Been up for nearly 11hrs now. (With both CPUs in)
     
  10. Tiberium

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    #10 Tiberium, Nov 30, 2010
    Hi,

    I have tried various things too, I am running WHS (not the vail variant) and I am getting lockups at random intervals too, I cannot disable ACPI or the system will not progress past the silicon image finding my SATA HDDs...

    Running the 218B BIOS
    2x 250 Opterons on a revision G Hdama
    2GB ECC RAM

    any ideas?
     
  11. Gammix

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    #11 Gammix, Feb 11, 2011
    Here's the most basic possible answer. These MoBos are 6-7 years old. The BIOS battery (CR2032) may, like ours, be ex-haus..ted..! We put in a NEW CR2032 battery, reset the bios (little black push-button on the MoBo near the PCI slots and BIOS) Leave the battery out for a good 1/2 hour. Now our Server is working again.
    What is the 2nd. root of 9?? - anyone?

    Michael and Maxim