How to do a boot sector repair on a dell poweredge 1800 with a raid 5

SOURCE: dell server poweredge 1800 frequently shutdown

is there an error message that appears? can you check error logs? I need more information to be able to help you. I would first try to blow dust out of the fans, as it may be over heating, another possibility is that there is software on the machine that is causing it to shut down.

SOURCE: Dell Poweredge 700 Server problems

Dear jckim, Which server you are using? Usually this error occurs when raid controller card have some problem.Have you getting any error codes?

SOURCE: Valid operating systems fro Power Edge 1800

During the Windows XP setup you will need to provide the RAID driver using a pre-formated floppy disk.
Windows will ask you if you want to provide additional drivers and give you the key combination to use to do that.

SOURCE: Flshing Red Light on Dell Poweredge 1800 Server

I finally made contact with our IT dept who were abole to carry out a remote diagnostic test.

Problem has now been identified (problem with tape drive)

SOURCE: The Poweredge does not start and does not display anything on scr

The jumpers are near the CMOS battery, by the SATA ports. Sometimes clearing the NVRAM using the jumpers can work with no video issues. If it doesn't, try removing all unnecessary components - drives, cards, memory beyond a single DIMM in slot 1, etc. If that doesn't work, try reseating the processor, if there is only one. If there are two, you can try booting with a single processor (always in slot 1), swapping them to try each one. If these steps don't work, it is likely a bad board. If there are no fans spinning, lights on the front, etc., then it might be the power supply.

Unfortunately, there are no jumpers (and no BIOS setting for that matter) to disable the onboard video.