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[crazydrve`]

I finally got a hold of support. its a 3rd party company. and to add more frustrations, this is a 3rd board swap out.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Bet you need to update the bios. It is not a hardware problem. It's all software related. Bad driver update or one that is not supported by your current bios revision.

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-opnmang-sw-v8.1/eemi_13g_v1.2-v1/uefi-event-messages?guid=guid-823669e3-2d7b-41b5-85f1-af7a6bc11acc

dell r630 upgrade idrac cause boot hangup | DELL Technologies

R630 with IDRAC 2.30.30.30, bios 2.0.1, upgrade firmware to 2.60.60.60, then reboot hangup when "Loading BIOS Drivers...", and try many times with the same error. &nbsp...

www.dell.com

 

[Edwired]

Hey everyone having bad luck in the the last three weeks as I had nearly lost my left index finger with a hatchet accident 2 weeks ago along with a house fire last saturday resulting losing everything in the process including my beloved custom pc. I don't know if it will work again since the fire crew hosed down the whole house. I'm 100% gutted as well during the house catching fire I had to rescue my father who have Parkinson's diease as he is unable to talk or walk for himself. Due to money crisis I might not be able to rebuilt my beloved custom pc for a long time since having to rebuilt the house from scratch is going to take anywhere from a couple of months to a year. So I might not be available on this forum for awhile

Eddie

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hey everyone having bad luck in the the last three weeks as I had nearly lost my left index finger with a hatchet accident 2 weeks ago along with a house fire last saturday resulting losing everything in the process including my beloved custom pc. I don't know if it will work again since the fire crew hosed down the whole house. I'm 100% gutted as well during the house catching fire I had to rescue my father who have Parkinson's diease as he is unable to talk or walk for himself. Due to money crisis I might not be able to rebuilt my beloved custom pc for a long time since having to rebuilt the house from scratch is going to take anywhere from a couple of months to a year. So I might not be available on this forum for awhile

Eddie

That sucks man. Hope better fortunes smile on you sooner rather than later!

 

[Edwired]

That sucks man. Hope better fortunes smile on you sooner rather than later!

Yeah it a bum deal all round there is a gofundme page been set up to raise funds to repair the house and I was hoping if the forum would allow it to help out my parents to get their life back on track. I would be grateful if the goal can be achieved in short amount of time

Donate to Help John and Alice Cummins Rebuild their Home, organised by Ciara Butler

Hi, my name is Ciara Butler. I am one of John and Alice Cummins grand-daug… Ciara Butler needs your support for Help John and Alice Cummins Rebuild their Home

www.gofundme.com

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah it a bum deal all round there is a gofundme page been set up to raise funds to repair the house and I was hoping if the forum would allow it to help out my parents to get their life back on track. I would be grateful if the goal can be achieved in short amount of time

Donate to Help John and Alice Cummins Rebuild their Home, organised by Ciara Butler

Hi, my name is Ciara Butler. I am one of John and Alice Cummins grand-daug… Ciara Butler needs your support for Help John and Alice Cummins Rebuild their Home

www.gofundme.com

Post that on your profile page so everyone can see it.

 

[Edwired]

Post that on your profile page so everyone can see it.

How I do that as I'm on mobile

Yeah have it sorted in about and signature

 

[Toothless]

Sorry for big pics. Phone is great.

Stuck it on 90% BOINC usage. It's still loading up.

 

[crazydrve`]

Yeah, I'm with this.

If you're having this problem with just a basic setup, there is something seriously wrong. I would get in touch with the seller and see about a resolution.

Looks like I need yet another "new" board. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong.

Bet you need to update the bios. It is not a hardware problem. It's all software related. Bad driver update or one that is not supported by your current bios revision.

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-opnmang-sw-v8.1/eemi_13g_v1.2-v1/uefi-event-messages?guid=guid-823669e3-2d7b-41b5-85f1-af7a6bc11acc

dell r630 upgrade idrac cause boot hangup | DELL Technologies

R630 with IDRAC 2.30.30.30, bios 2.0.1, upgrade firmware to 2.60.60.60, then reboot hangup when "Loading BIOS Drivers...", and try many times with the same error. &nbsp...

www.dell.com

I have made sure everything is updated as much as I can.

This is what I have....

Firmware Inventory
Component Firmware Version
Power Supply.Slot.1 07.12.52
Power Supply.Slot.2 07.12.52
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 2.65.65.65
Intel(R) Gigabit 2P I350-t LOM - F0:1F:AF:ED:99:0C 19.5.12
Intel(R) Gigabit 2P I350-t LOM - F0:1F:AF:ED:99:0D 19.5.12
BIOS 2.9.0
PERC H710P Adapter 21.3.5-0002
Disk 1 in Backplane 1 of RAID Controller in Slot 2 1V02
BP12G+ 0:1 1.00
Lifecycle Controller 2.65.65.65
Dell 64 Bit uEFI Diagnostics, version 4247, 4247A1, 4247.2 4247A1
Dell OS Driver Pack, 15.07.07, A00 15.07.07
OS COLLECTOR, v6.0, A00 6.0
System CPLD 1.0.3

And that link is for 13th gen, I have 12th gen. not sure if it matters.

So far I have cleared bios, nvram, only cpu and ram. no hdd

I go to bios, setup, then device setttings.

Then try and set the embedded nics to default.

thats when it errors out with the uefi.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Looks like I need yet another "new" board. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong.

It's entirely likely that you aren't doing anything wrong. Might just be bad luck. It happens.

 

[crazydrve`]

It's entirely likely that you aren't doing anything wrong. Might just be bad luck. It happens.

If thats the case this is the weirdest back luck ever, this will be the 4th board. I bought it refurbished from server monkey, thinking it would be good.

the system seems ok and stable, besided that fact. I wish I knew how to debug this error better.

 

[crazydrve`]

Does anyone on here have a Dell PowerEdge T620?

 

[1freedude]

Does anyone on here have a Dell PowerEdge T620?

Maybe ask in the hardware or networking forum. Some non-Xeon clubhouse members might be able to help. I'm ProLiant, so no help

 

[crazydrve`]

Maybe ask in the hardware or networking forum. Some non-Xeon clubhouse members might be able to help. I'm ProLiant, so no help

Thanks, I've tried several areas. What's weird is I can't find the specific instructions for dell t620 to reset the mics to default.

I'm waiting on another board but not sure if that will fix it.

 

[Toothless]

Been having some fun while waiting on a case for a different build. Hit around 6500 in R23.

 

[Edwired]

Just in with abit of update on my custom pc the good news it still intact with smoke damage but the bad news is that I am not 100% sure if it will work but will have to find a IPA 99.9% 5 litres bottle as I will have to teardown the whole thing apart to give it a throughout clean as it will need it due do the smell of grim reaper floating around. Will have to do it once I get time. I made sure I unplug it from the main. So it looks like there's light at the end of the tunnel for the Xeon X5675 after all. Just praying I don't lose my hard drives with over 20 years of important things on it.

 

[1freedude]

Take it slow, Ed. Glad things are looking up.

 

[Edwired]

Take it slow, Ed. Glad things are looking up.

Yeah I know have to prepared for the date of when I will strip it and give it a bubble bath

 

[Toothless]

Nyoom

 

[lexluthermiester]

Nyoom


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ZOOM, zoom, ZOOM!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Jeff over at Craft Computing just built a Dual Xeon X99 based system that I though fit into this thread well.

I would have gone with a pair of 2667V3 for that build.

 

[crazydrve`]

Does anyone know if its safe to downgrade dell firmware?

Or what exactly happens when you do the "Repurpose or Retire System?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Does anyone know if its safe to downgrade dell firmware?

If the flashing software will allow it, it should be safe, but not recommended. As a rule, firmware updates are meant fix problems. You should only rollback the firmware if there is a very good reason.

 

[crazydrve`]

If the flashing software will allow it, it should be safe, but not recommended. As a rule, firmware updates are meant fix problems. You should only rollback the firmware if there is a very good reason.

Thats what I figured.

Does anyone know what exactly happens when you do the "Repurpose or Retire System? on a dell server?

 

[Edwired]

God the itch is just getting bigger and bigger since I haven't turned on my pc since the 16th of October