belzonyourITsolution
Tue Jul 05 09:41:03 CDT 2005
We're having the same problem, only mine now shuts down when people are IN
the office. It just did the 6th time in 4 days!!!!
We have a PowerEdge 2650 with good memory in it. I will check the power
supply if/when it happens again to see if that changes anything.
"Steve @ PE" wrote:
> Hi StudioTwo,
>
> Thank you for the reply. We have 1Gb of RAM, using 4 chips - the maximum for
> this server. We ran a memory checker, which did not find any errors.
>
> Since posting this, we have added a new surge protected plug - fingers
> crossed as it hasn't crashed yet. When (or if) it does, someone has suggested
> replacing the graphics card. If that doesn't work, then we will start
> swapping/removing memory.
>
>
> "StudioTwo" wrote:
>
> > I wonder if this could be bad RAM.
> >
> > How much memory do you have in the server?
> > Do you have more than one memory chip installed?
> >
> > If so, you could try and remove one of the chips and see if that resolves
> > the problem. If not, try removing another one.
> >
> > Also, try a memory checker:
http://www.goldmemory.cz/
> >
> > HTH
> > Stephen
> >
> > "Steve @ PE" <Steve @ PE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F7A32BED-46A9-4131-8264-2F944F9DA115@microsoft.com...
> > > We have a Dell Poweredge 2300 server, running SBS 2000. We are having a
> > > problem where the server randomly freezes. This is generally, but not
> > > limited
> > > to, when everyone has gone home - so late evening, early morning. There is
> > > no
> > > discernible pattern, for instance, there is no cleaner coming in at
> > > 10:00pm
> > > and switching something off.
> > >
> > > Nothing is being recorded in Event Viewer, all we have is the about event
> > > id
> > > when the server is rebooted. As the crashes happen out of hours, no blue
> > > screen is being seen - the monitor has gone to sleep and cannot be woken -
> > > I
> > > don't see this as being the problem, as I'm typing this I would put money
> > > on
> > > the monitor having switched off with no effect to the server.
> > >
> > > The last one was at 6:10am this morning, about 20 minutes before anyone
> > > arrived for work.
> > >
> > > Any help or advice would be most appreciated. Please bear in mind that I'm
> > > an SBS newbie, so try to talk in clear english, fewer acronyms are better
> > > ;-)
> >
> >
> >