[CentOS] OT: hardware, IBM 3650 M2 won't power on

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Jason Welsh wrote:
> http://www.ebay.com/bhp/ibm-x3650
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> ;)
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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
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> Jason
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>
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> 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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