Re: Use a PCI graphics card on Poweredge T620
In my T610, i installed a XFX GeForce graphics card which i modded to fit in a x8 slot and then within BIOS, set the "Embedded Video Controller" to "disabled". Upon connecting the monitor to the XFX...
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skylarkingtoo often you on this forum one hears 'not supported'Sky, you know as well as anyone why that is the case. Far and away, most of the most Dell-server-knowledgeable people use servers as they...
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skylarking, thanks for the input. The PowerEdge R900 does not have the appropriate entry in the BIOS for disabling the integrated video. Windows was able to see the video adapter in device mangler and...
View ArticleRe: Use a PCI graphics card on Poweredge T620
Sorry to but in but i have spent 3 days reading posts on people trying to get good graphics cards working on servers IE i have a 2600 Poweredge. Now from what i have read that the main problem is the...
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Thanks for the suggestion, I will perhaps try this, the complication (as you may know) is that if, on turning the onboard graphics off, the computer does not find the graphics card, the only way I can...
View ArticleRe: Use a PCI graphics card on Poweredge T620
I understand (now) that the graphics cards are not 'supported' in this type of machine for video display. As the cards can be installed and recognised by the system, I am wondering if there is...
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@theflash, yes you are correct as servers are servers and do a specific job where video is not considered a priority, hence the provision of on-board matrox G200 which integrates rather nicely with the...
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If BIOS does not allow you to disable the matrox G200 integrated video adapter, then you will have a very difficult time getting PCIe video card to work despite the fact that Windows sees the card and...
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@Skylarking Thanks, I will try your suggestion, of removing the CUDA card and drivers later today/tomorrow and see if I am able to use just the Geforce card.I have the Tesla C2075, which has a single...
View ArticleRe: M1000E how to get 2 network connections for one blade
Thank you, I kind of thought it would be that way. Being as I didn't purchase this, learning as I go. Right we don't have a card in A2 but we have 2 M6220 switches in B1 and B2. Can these then be...
View ArticleStill need to get info on getting 2 network connections to M1000e for iSCSi
Have an M1000e which I have no experience at all with (bought by a project). This is how the chassis is populated inthe back:A1 - Ethernet pass thruB1 - M6220 SwitchBAY 1Stacking or 10GB uplink module...
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The interconnections on the M1000e chassis are fixed/dependent upon which modules are installed into which slots. There is a great blog here that outlines a lot of this information for...
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Old reliable PE 2600 suddenly crashes/reboots with STOP error, event ID 1003
I have an 8 year old Dell PowerEdge 2600 running Windows 2003 SP2 32bit thatr has never had a problem. Now in the past week I've been having the system crash with a memory dump and Windows event ID...
View ArticleRe: Old reliable PE 2600 suddenly crashes/reboots with STOP error, event ID 1003
Bob,Do you have Open manage installed? If so would you let me know what the raid controller type is, as well as the driver and firmware revision it is at?This could be due to communication issues...
View ArticleRe: Old reliable PE 2600 suddenly crashes/reboots with STOP error, event ID 1003
Firmware is a good place to start, as would be diagnostics ... not all failing disks trip the SMART sensors to indicate a failing drive. This will also test the...
View ArticleRe: R710 2nd CPU Install - E1410
Hi, I have a similar problem, did you ever resolve this and get the second CPU to be recognized?
View ArticleRe: R710 2nd CPU Install - E1410
I have a client who is right now reporting the exact same issue.
View ArticleRe: Still need to get info on getting 2 network connections to M1000e for iSCSi
Thank you for the info. So If I understand correctly the switch INTERNALLY connects all the blades together just like a regular switch. So I am assuming the external ports are in addition to the 16...
View ArticleRe: Still need to get info on getting 2 network connections to M1000e for iSCSi
BTW as in my backpanel description there are 2 M6220's, right now I am just concerned with getting the iSCSi in much less talking about redunancy....AR
View ArticleRe: Old reliable PE 2600 suddenly crashes/reboots with STOP error, event ID 1003
The OpenManage was on the drive (original) but not installed. I clicked setup.exe to install it and it claimed it was not a Dell server and quit. I did download run that short/fast diagnostics...
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