Peter
Tue Feb 24 06:34:39 CST 2004
Dell just contacted me and wanted me to update the
complete RAID firmware and Managemnt software for
potential problems with the RAID config. I think this
issue might have been from this... I am waiting for the
CD. The server is running SBS 2000. Thanks.
Peter V
>-----Original Message-----
>I assume that this server is running windows 2000 or
2003. If this is
>the case, it is very rare for this to happen and usually
hardware.
>Windows 2000 and 2003 have very good error trapping
routines and are
>very stable.
>
>You will want to start checking the CPU and power supply
fans are
>spinning, that the air coming out of the power supply is
only warm, not
>hot. You will want to check for anything with the server
that might
>stand out like:
>
>new hardware
>The server was Just shifted
>Anything special occurs at this time of the day ?
>Is there a UPS in place ?
>Is there a backup running at the time ?
>Environmental change etc
>
>I have seen this happen when temperatures get to hot or
a card slightly
>out of place in a PCI slot.
>
>It might not be hardware but 95% of the time it is.
>
>Good Luck
>
>Peter V wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have an idea why a server would just
freeze?
>> Around 2pm today my cleint called me and told me the
>> network is down. When I got there the server was
frozen,
>> ctrl-alt-del was not working. I hard booted it and
>> everything was fine. The Anitvirus showed nothing
>> unusualy as I block almost every attachment from
email.
>> I scanned all workstations and all came up clean. Any
>> ideas would be great. Nothing in Event viewer as
unusual.
>>
>> Peter V
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