CentOS - Feb 2017 - OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

Jason Welsh wrote:
> http://www.ebay.com/bhp/ibm-x3650
>
> ;)
>
a) Please don't top post.
b) 'T'ain't funny, McGee. They don't have the budget, and they
need this
server *now*... it's one of their compute nodes, and at least one person
is dead in the water.

       mark, incredibly frustrated with this stupid
system
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> On 02/22/2017 04:08 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> I've never seen anything like this. We moved it from the data
center
>> yesterday, and this morning I plug it in, and it won't power up. I
find
>> a
>> manual for it online, and it says that on plugging it in, wait 3
>> minutes.
>> The power button will flash 4x/sec, then slow down to once a sec, and
at
>> that time you can power it up.
>>
>> Well, it never stops flashing at 4x/sec. I've connected a network
cable,
>> wondering if it's in wake-on-lan; I've tried connecting to it
via its
>> management port, and *zip*.
>>
>> I'm not going to do, as several folks' posts that I googled
(been at
>> that
>> for hours), cut the cable and solder in an on/off switch. I have taken
>> the
>> lid uff, reseated the PSUs, and the cable connecting to the front
panel,
>> and nada.
>>
>> Anyone got any ideas?
>>
>>         mark
>>
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On 2/22/2017 1:16 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> a) Please don't top post.
> b) 'T'ain't funny, McGee. They don't have the budget, and
they need this
> server*now*... it's one of their compute nodes, and at least one person
> is dead in the water.
you can't afford a replacement for a 6-8 year old server (new in 2009), 
yet someone who is presumably being paid is not able to work.   whats 
that costing?


-- 
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

John R Pierce wrote:
> On 2/22/2017 1:16 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> a) Please don't top post.
>> b) 'T'ain't funny, McGee. They don't have the budget,
and they need this
>> server*now*... it's one of their compute nodes, and at least one
person
>> is dead in the water.
>
> you can't afford a replacement for a 6-8 year old server (new in 2009),
> yet someone who is presumably being paid is not able to work.   whats
> that costing?
>
Let's see:
1. the server was working fine before we moved it out of the datacenter
         yesterday afternoon.
2. You're suggesting that they can say "ok", and we run down to
Microcenter and
         buy a new one today, and plug it in today, right?
3. This is a US federal government agency; we run machines until they die, or
         we can justify replacing them. And then it takes a month or two
(if we're
         lucky before all the approvals, and then it gets shipped. I would
imagine
         it's like that in any large corporation, too.

     mark, who's looking for suggestions to help, not be criticized for
         not just buying another, as though, as a contractor, I had *any*
         authority to do that (contractors DO NOT)