Xserve G5 turns on but no os startup and loud long beep over and over
I just got my hands on a xserve that was decommissioned from a datacenter. This morning I had the thing running and I could see it from my mac mini or mbp. I just couldn't screen share b/c i guess it wasn't enabled...not sure. couldn't ssh either, but at that time I didn't have the server tools. B/c the server wasn't really doing much I thought I would turn it off while I read some manuals, etc,etc. But the moment I turned it back on to use the server tools I downloaded I get a loud long beep that keeps on repeating. I tried resent nvram pram and every other option on the bootpanel that seemed logical.
Description:
I turn Xserve G5 on -> goes through what seems to be a POST (ie. check cd, fans, other peripherals, then HDD) -> Once green HDD lights are on, momentarily the blue ones flicker and go off -> then what seems to be a moment of nothing and after that the loud beeping noise.
The OSX server CDs have yet to arrive so I am waiting on them and also counting on them that a re-install will fix my problems but in the meanwhile I have searched everywhere and i see that people have similar issues but NONE of the solutions work for me. There was one case that was exactly the same as mine on the apple discussion but did not get answered (maybe I should have revived that thread). I've called apple and I have the numbers they gave me to get my xserve checked out but I am not a company, nor an institution with a lot of money. I am merely a 3rd year college student who finally earned enough money to purchase a second hand xserve g5 for a very very nice price. I would really love to be able to diagnosis and fix it without having to spend more money.
Any help is very much appreciated but I understand if it is not possible due to the nature of the problem.
Best,
Ken
EDIT: Would a HDD failure or data corruption cause theses symptoms if the operating system cannot be located?
I just can't get this off my head...An xserve that worked in the morning and "dead" in the afternoon.
Message was edited by: PandaProgrammers
Description:
I turn Xserve G5 on -> goes through what seems to be a POST (ie. check cd, fans, other peripherals, then HDD) -> Once green HDD lights are on, momentarily the blue ones flicker and go off -> then what seems to be a moment of nothing and after that the loud beeping noise.
The OSX server CDs have yet to arrive so I am waiting on them and also counting on them that a re-install will fix my problems but in the meanwhile I have searched everywhere and i see that people have similar issues but NONE of the solutions work for me. There was one case that was exactly the same as mine on the apple discussion but did not get answered (maybe I should have revived that thread). I've called apple and I have the numbers they gave me to get my xserve checked out but I am not a company, nor an institution with a lot of money. I am merely a 3rd year college student who finally earned enough money to purchase a second hand xserve g5 for a very very nice price. I would really love to be able to diagnosis and fix it without having to spend more money.
Any help is very much appreciated but I understand if it is not possible due to the nature of the problem.
Best,
Ken
EDIT: Would a HDD failure or data corruption cause theses symptoms if the operating system cannot be located?
I just can't get this off my head...An xserve that worked in the morning and "dead" in the afternoon.
Message was edited by: PandaProgrammers
MBP, iBook G3, Mac Mini, Xserve G5, PowerMac G5, iPhone Edge, iPhone 4, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Fedora, FreeBSD, Debian
