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Dell PowerEdge R730 will not power on
Hello,
I have this Dell server that refuses to power on when the power button is pressed. The iDrac is disabled so there is no other means to power on.
When the server is plugged, Only fan 4 on the server proceeds to spin. The only lights that turn on and are flashing are the "J_CTRL_PNL"(See picture below). I assume this all normal and is idling since it waiting for the unit to power on.
Does anybody know what the light flashing on and off mean ?
the two lights indicated in the arrows are flashing on and off.
Fixes i have tried so far with no luck:
- Tried swapping the control panel
- stripped it down to 1 CPU and 1 memory dim in location A1
- Swapped power supplies
- re seated everything
any advice appreciated,
Thank you!
BladeMacho
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October 22nd, 2020 08:00
Thank you Charles for the reply.
Still no luck. I get the same reaction from the server.
Looks like it is the system board that has failed. ill salvage what I can for the next server
thank you all for the help
Regards,
Jose
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October 18th, 2020 20:00
Hi,
The LED indicator has 2 diagnostics indications on it. 1 of it would be one of the hardware components connection or cable connection is not properly seated on the motherboard. The one other would be indicating that the motherboard is faulty where it can't receive enough power or circuit is burnt. Try minimum components configurations and try turning on the server, also check all the cable connections are properly seated.
Other than these troubleshooting, I can't think of any other that could revive the server.
BladeMacho
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October 22nd, 2020 07:00
Thank you for the response.
unfortunately it did not work.
DELL-Charles R
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October 22nd, 2020 08:00
Hello Jose,
I am sorry to see that. If you have it down to the minimum to post components and have removed everything else including backplane, controller, pcie cards, network daughter card… then you may be looking at a failed system board.
Your diag LED's indicate:
One of the Aux power rails has failed
These are used early in the startup process (states S1 - S5) so this is likely to be a failed plug-in component or motherboard
Try this test to rule out control panel:
In minimum to post configuration disconnect control panel from system board. Keep the lid off of the server. Hold in the iDRAC button on the rear for 15 seconds.
samehmhegazy
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September 28th, 2021 04:00
i have same issue are you solve it
BladeMacho
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September 28th, 2021 16:00
Nope unable to solve. I salvaged what i could and scrapped.
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September 29th, 2021 02:00
Hi BladeMacho,
with all previous recomended steps you should be abe to solve this failure or findout which component causes the problem.
Did you have any further question?
Regards Martin
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December 9th, 2021 23:00
try to check if you can short the power button directly to the board.
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August 1st, 2024 14:17
@BladeMacho I just had the same problem, i found that the front panel was the culprit, i just removed the connection to it from the motherboard and it solved the problem.