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Gux - 16 Oct 2008 05:20 GMT

Hi,
I hope someone can give me some advice. I'm trying to set up windows server
on a Dell PE2950 G2, Dual Core Duo processor, 4 GB RAM, PERC 5/i RAID
controller one single RAID 1 volume 146GB x 2 SAS HDDs and it just stops on
the main blue setup "Windows Setup" screen, totally frozen, it does the same
if I try set the OS up via Dell's Server Assitant or directly booting from OS
CD/DVD. I've tried almost every server OS available from MS: Windows 2003 STD
(MS retail CD and Dell's shipped CD), Windows 2003 Enterprise R2 with SP2
32-bit (downloaded ISO and EXE from MS site), Windows 2003 Enterprise R2 with
SP2 64-bit (downloaded ISO and EXE), Windows Server 2008 Std 32-bit (MVLS
shipped DVD), Windows Server 2008 Std. 64-Bit (MVLS shipped DVD), Windows
Server Datacenter 64-Bit (MVLS shipped DVD). SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SP2 sets up fine. I've updated server BIOS, RAID controller firmware,
backplane firmware. I'm desperate, please help.

Thank you,

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Dave Patrick - 17 Oct 2008 04:48 GMT

Sounds like some bad or mismatched RAM.

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> Hi,
> I hope someone can give me some advice. I'm trying to set up windows
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>
> Thank you,

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Gux - 20 Oct 2008 22:44 GMT

Thank you, Dave.
I ran manufacturer's diags and guess what: the thing says everything is
okay. I'm still stuck and trying to figure out a solution for this.
Thanks for your suggestion.

> Sounds like some bad or mismatched RAM.
>
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> > Thank you,

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Dave Patrick - 20 Oct 2008 23:02 GMT

I'd still say bad hardware. The target (raid) disk controller or possibly
the source device (Rom drive and or controller)

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> Thank you, Dave.
> I ran manufacturer's diags and guess what: the thing says everything is
> okay. I'm still stuck and trying to figure out a solution for this.
> Thanks for your suggestion.

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Gux - 27 Oct 2008 22:41 GMT

Dave:
I finally got this working. I had to downgrade my server's BIOS to one year
old version, after that, I was able to install 2003 normally.
Thanks,

> I'd still say bad hardware. The target (raid) disk controller or possibly
> the source device (Rom drive and or controller)
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> > okay. I'm still stuck and trying to figure out a solution for this.
> > Thanks for your suggestion.

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Dave Patrick - 27 Oct 2008 23:08 GMT

Good to hear. Thanks for letting us know.

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> Dave:
> I finally got this working. I had to downgrade my server's BIOS to one
> year
> old version, after that, I was able to install 2003 normally.
> Thanks,

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