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April 5th, 2023 06:00

DELL R200 SHUTS DOWN AFTER FEW HOURS

Hi all,

I have a question.

I'm runing 3 dell r200 servers in my home lab ( i know that they are quite old)  and one of the servers started shuting down after 4 hours of beeing pluged in. Just amber light flashing. And if i want to turn it on o need to unplug and replug power cable. And then it runs for 3-4 hours.

Sorry for my bad English (not native speaker)

Here is last few lines befor shutdown from syslog:

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 Thanks for replying.

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April 5th, 2023 11:00

Hello Aljaz_s55al,

 

Can you let us know what is OS?

Are there any non-Dell parts? If so you may start by removing those.

 

Make sure you are up to date on drivers and firmware when you are booted. https://dell.to/3m5SpEm

 

 

Check SEL for errors:

Enter the BMC during POST and check the System Event log for errors. Note them down because there is not a method to download the log.

Page 49-50 : https://dell.to/3ZIMtie

 

Run Diagnostics:

Create a bootable Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics, v.5099A0, 5099.1

https://dell.to/40KRwQn

Follow Installation instructions at the bottom of the page.

Get the Zippack Release

NOTE: In order to create diagnostic media using this package, this file must be downloaded to and executed on a system running Microsoft Windows. This package can be used to create a bootable diskette set, USB flash drive, CD, or hard drive image.

 

32 Bit Diag - Create bootable  USB, Floppy, CD. I recommend a CD, some USB may not be recognized.

Boot to media created.

Options 1 mpmemory – Custom – select all test, loop 0. for continuous testing.

Option 2-   ddgui - Custom – select all devices in the device list (top of the tree), set iterations to 0 to run continuous test.

 

Run each Test

Let it run an hour or more or overnight.

Escape to cancel and check Errors tab.

 

April 5th, 2023 14:00

Thanks for the response, installed OS is Proxmox VE, and there is no third-party hardware exept the hard drives and ram.I will do the tests and let you know what i found.

Best Regards Aljaž

 

April 7th, 2023 05:00

Hi,

I ran all the tests an they all came back as pased except from this:

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 Thanks for answer

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April 7th, 2023 05:00

Hello Aljaz_s55al,

 

Looks like the Processor or the System board.

Can you swap Processor with one of your other R200 and see if the issue follows or stays in this system?

 

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