jsullivan080 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I just bought a ML310e Gen8 V2 from some guy on reddit to be my first pfsense firewall/router and the thing won't boot past 20%. Server powers up, and just after 10% it reboots/resets and starts again, I think this is by design, during the next stage the POST screen shows 10% Early Processor Initialization, then jumps to 20% Memory and QPI Link Initialization Start, and after a few seconds, the servers emits fast continuous beeps. Tests perfomed; removed all ram Reset the dip switch 6 on maintenance switch, no change Tried dip 1,5,6 on and the same. tried reseating the CPU. same I researched a bit and it points to the MOBO. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 how well do you know the seller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsullivan080 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 I don't know the seller at all. He has a few transactions on homelabsales. Should the ML310e Gen8 V2 be able to go into the preboot/mobo menu with no ram installed or should it error out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 What kind of memory is in the server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsullivan080 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 I have some 2GB 1Rx8 PC3-10600R but it doesn't work. I have just ordered some 8GB PC3L-12800E DDR3 2RX8 1.35V ECC UNBUFFERED. Should I be able to get into the bios menu with no memory installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 not an expert on this machine but it would seem like a first if it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, jsullivan080 said: I have some 2GB 1Rx8 PC3-10600R but it doesn't work. I have just ordered some 8GB PC3L-12800E DDR3 2RX8 1.35V ECC UNBUFFERED. Should I be able to get into the bios menu with no memory installed? Usually when a HPE server hangs at this state during boot it is related to memory. It looks like you tried registered memory which is not supported and would possibly cause this kind of error. Non-ECC memory can also cause this error. If the memory you ordered is UDIMM ECC that should work. With no memory in the system you can not access the BIOS as the system will not boot, but you may be able to access iLo. I have not tried iLo with no memory in the server, but it is a separate system on the system board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsullivan080 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 Copy that, Thank you for the replies, I see the iLo ip and do not see it in my network so I can't access it. I will sit tight until the memory arrives. It is UDIMM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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