20 Most Recent HP Compaq ProLiant ML330 G3 Server Questions & Answers

G3 is very very old server, most are retired now. 99%\ 12 years old servers... it is so old it has floppy drive ! yes that old. and PCI slots no express slots old. (relic it is) Does it have the 2 CPU option:? did you read the server logs? it has logs! it records all shut down causes on my bigger/newer G7 It will shut down by self for a 3 reasons. it overheats, or the PSU is bad. or the PSU was overloaded. mine even has power log, that proves that and 2 PSU's that auto backup power, if one is bad. of the 2. (you have only 1 PSU on this old server ,unlike my G7) is this your only 330? no spares ? as most servers installations have (all do really for clustering) clean out the dust in the CPU heat sinks and make sure all fans work first? that be first. so it cant overheat did you first change out the COIN cell on the MOBO, bottom of motherboard see that Cell it be NO GOOD at 12years old ever. and makes the BIOS go Nuts and RTC clock same. no logs, ever heard of iLo (lights out) its built in micro web page. and its own IP address you connect to it and read the shut down logs. data sheet it is at HP, as is full help at HP real. HPE its called http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/content-webapp/document?docId=emr_na-c00353085 on mine I can see 6 fan speeds and 21 temperature readings at any time. under system information page in iL0 and then the iLo event log. mine says admin turned it off last night.(a video server it is , here) but read the logs first. this be the first place to look on any HP Prolaint ever made.

This usually means thehard disk has failed or the hard disk needs re-seating or the disk controlleris faulty. First - re-seat the harddisk and reboot the computer. If the computer does not boot up then reboot andgo into the BIOS configuration to see if the BIOS detects the hard drive. If itdoesn't detect the hard drive then it could be faulty. Next - to check if the harddrive is faulty, remove the hard drive and insert it into an USB hard drive adapter and connect it to a workingcomputer's USB port. If this computer cannot see itas an USB mass storage device and you cannot open the various folders and fileson this drive, then this confirms the hard drive is faulty. Then the hard drive needsto be replaced in the computer/laptop, Windows installed and the computer orlaptop's device drivers plus your programs etc. to get a functioningcomputer/laptop again.

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NO PC told at all and posted to Proliant server forum that is no PC and as such the OS is not allowed there w10 nor does it have sound chips, at all, its a server running in huge dark, no humans server farm..... so let me guess you posted to wrong forum and never told PC model sure. so windows sounds work in the test in control panel yes ! the, MP3 is complex, it can be from high data rate, source and will not play unless converted . one thing to try is use this free app called Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/ then play it or convert it or buy a USB sound dac that can decode any sound file on earth or learn to test you PC first windows sounds work then in google type simple MP3 sound test https://file-examples.com/index.php/sample-audio-files/sample-mp3-download/ works good above so your MP3 is no good or wrong bit rate. if fails yours only , buy new DAC USB dongle now it plays them all if windows sounds are dead the sound driver is missing or on a server there is no sound chips oops. buy the DAC dongle. if only 1 MP3 fails out of 100's find a better one or buy a DAC.

Have you connected a CD drive to the machine via one of the SATA ports?

When you turn it on, does the fan come on? How about the hard drive? There is a serries of tests called POST. I amc4rying to find out what starts up and see where the problem is.

You need to be specific about the exact model of server that you're using. Features of the various generations of the HP iLO are accessed in different ways. BE SPECIFIC.

That drive has failed, is it set up with a RAID configuration? Do you have the Dell monitoring software installed? Is it set up with Hot Plug drives? If so replacing the drive with a new one will start the RAID rebuild. Otherwise one way to turn off the bleep is to reboot and go into the RAID controller configuration

It Indicating something Faulty, if you have something plugged in, remove, and reconnect, If unable to find, check device manager or event log for details, that should have some info.

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If you lost everything then you've obviously reloaded all your software for the server, now you need to load your daily backup tapes onto the server so you can have mail again. you will also need to know all of your DNS's and you MX records if you're running exchange and if you don't know how to do any of it, then my suggestion is to hire a network administrator and it'll cost between $1k - $1.5k by time he's done bringing your system back online.

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Test the UPS. The server will stay up as long as there is power and has not overheated, should it be a cool room.