[chbot] Server slow wake up

[Darran]

Hi

This is normal. When you apply power the computer does a full system check before it will allow power up. This can't be turned off but I think there is a fast and slow check somewhere in the bios.
I'm more familiar with IBM xserve which has the same feature. Some models can take 10 minutes before it will let you start the server.

DarranOn 27 Nov 2017 7:29 p.m., Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> At the last Robotics Meeting, Chris kindly dropped off a pile of servers 
> for BR05 radio club.
>
> Among the equipment is an HP DL385G2, with dual PSUs, 2 x AMD 2216 CPUs, 
> 24GB RAM, and a pair of 72GB(?) SAS drives.
>
> The unit has an odd problem in that mains is applied to the unit, the 
> power on button is pressed, and something like 20 mins later the unit 
> starts booting with fans running full belt (change of underwear required 
> for the unsuspecting).
>
> Sounds something like a motherboard battery that is nominally dead, but 
> is slowly charging until some threshold is reached when the machine is 
> happy to boot (by itself ?!).
>
> Anyone have any similar experiences (before stripping this monster down) ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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