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Thread: Hardware question...

Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago by mike
This morning a WIn2k server that I have wouldn't boot up. I am using a Promise RAID card & have two drives mirored. What showed on the screen was a bunch of gibberish - lots of flickering characters, etc, but I could make out the message (from the raid card) that one of the drives had become unstable, that system could boot but wouldn't be fault tolerant. I hit the key to let it boot & ...
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Greg Russell replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
In news:u8ge1snUKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, Mike <mikey117@hotmail.com> typed: > I hit the key to let it boot & as windows splash screen came up, > display was very whacked out, so I wasn't even going to be able to > see message to log on, etc., so I shut down & replaced the VGA card. > Now, it wouldn't boot at all & I get a message on the monitor to > check video display. > I have ...

mike replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
"Greg Russell" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:7k978aF38f7tpU1@mid.individual.net... > In news:u8ge1snUKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, > Mike <mikey117@hotmail.com> typed: > >> I hit the key to let it boot & as windows splash screen came up, >> display was very whacked out, so I wasn't even going to be able to >> see message to log on, etc., so I shut down & replaced the VGA card....

Pegasus [MVP] replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
"Mike" <mikey117@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u8ge1snUKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > This morning a WIn2k server that I have wouldn't boot up. > I am using a Promise RAID card & have two drives mirored. > What showed on the screen was a bunch of gibberish - lots of flickering > characters, etc, but I could make out the message (from the raid card) > that one of the drives ...

 

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Hardware question...
Published (2009-10-21 15:16:00)
&quot;Greg Russell&quot; &lt;me@privacy.net&gt; wrote in message news:7k978aF38f7tpU1@mid.individual.net... &gt; In news:u8ge1snUKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, &gt; Mike &lt;mikey117@hotmail.com&gt; typed: &gt; &gt;&gt; I hit the key to let it boot &amp; as windows splash screen came up, &gt;&gt; display was very whacked out, so I wasn't even going to be able to &gt;&gt; see...
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Published (2009-10-21 14:54:00)
In news:u8ge1snUKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, Mike &lt;mikey117@hotmail.com&gt; typed: &gt; I hit the key to let it boot &amp; as windows splash screen came up, &gt; display was very whacked out, so I wasn't even going to be able to &gt; see message to log on, etc., so I shut down &amp; replaced the VGA card. &gt; Now, it wouldn't boot at all &amp; I get a message on the monitor to &gt; check...
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&quot;Mike&quot; &lt;mikey117@hotmail.com&gt; wrote in message news:u8ge1snUKHA.1372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... &gt; This morning a WIn2k server that I have wouldn't boot up. &gt; I am using a Promise RAID card &amp; have two drives mirored. &gt; What showed on the screen was a bunch of gibberish - lots of flickering &gt; characters, etc, but I could make out the message (from the raid card) &gt; that...

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