dell poweredge 2650 does not power up

yoda

yoda

yoda

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i purchased a dell poweredge from ebay.
while i was sorting out a 'faulty' hot swap psu the server ran fine. but i only powered it up into the bios and powered it off by pulling the plug...

When i sorted the second hot swap PSU i booted into a LFS (linux From Scratch) live CD to checkout the hardware and i shut the server down properly.

Since then, it won't power up...
I press the power button and nothing happens...
All lights on the mainboard are green.

I did note while it was booted into LFS that the front USB, PS/2 and VGA ports wern't working...
i've replaced the LCD board that has the power switch on, so it's not that that is the problem...

Does anyone have any ideas? anyone know the pinout of that ribbon cable that runs to the LCD board perhaps i can wire up a normal switch for diagnostics...

Thanks
 
thank you for the offer droyden,
However, i don't think it's the LCD board that has the switch on...

I've just noticed the LEDs that are on the motherboard that light up green for the fans etc... are also slowly flashing a very dim orange...
 
remove and replace all the cables, cpu's, fans etc. and see if it boots again. Sounds like a psu issue still...or at least a power issue to mobo
 
thaught i may need to strip it down...
Only thing is... it's a rackmount version... need a mega sized desk...
 
Use the floor! I still have my blades on the floor 2 years after meaning to get a rack. At least they are easy to get at :p
 
This is why you get the rail mounting kits :) you can slide it out on the rails and open it up to work on it then slide it back in. It becomes it's own workbench!
 
yeah, I have an 1850 (well I have 21 but that's another story...) and it's mounted in a cupboard so we can actually talk in the house...
 
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