[olug] HP dl360 g6 amber interlock light

[Rob Townley]

Kevin, I owe you a beer or whatever your poison is... homemade SAS to
Ethernet bridge server is back up.
On Jan 3, 2015 3:23 PM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:

> Flashing is not necessarily a bad thing; it could be a heartbeat LED.
> Investigate the manual and see what the LED says. I pray that you can do
> so; sometimes it just says LED 13 or something to equally unhelpful. But if
> you get a manual for a HP DL 360 G6, you will have the best luck at chasing
> down a helpful description.
> On Jan 3, 2015 12:33 PM, "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ReFinding led status codes on HP.com makes me envious of service tag ease
>> on dell.com.  I did see a reference for led status lights, but for a g3.
>>
>> There are no amber lights on the MB that I have seen.  There are green
>> lights on the MB near the PCI riser, so "conveniently" located underneath
>> the SAS controller and multiport GB nic cards.  Will remove them yet again.
>>
>> Peering down into a pinhole on one of the cards, i believe about 4 LEDs
>> flash, but only two remain, almost alternating as to when they blink
>> green.  Have to have cover off to see them, but in general, "interlock"
>> warnings could be triggered by having the cover removed.  However, I could
>> not find any type of safety switch activated by removal of cover nor shroud
>> either by inspection or google.
>>
>> FYI, noticed in a few forums that these machines have to have the riser
>> plugged-in even if empty.
>> On Jan 3, 2015 10:08 AM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not that I know of. I'd check everything connected to the mobo and make
>>> sure that it doesn't include the term "battery", though.
>>>
>>> Another thought: are there any amber lights on the mobo that might give
>>> clues to what's going wrong? If you have a DL360G6 manual, that might have
>>> additional documentation which could help.
>>> On Jan 3, 2015 8:51 AM, "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, but sounds good.  So the watch battery and BBWC RAID batteries.
>>>> Are there others?
>>>> On Jan 3, 2015 8:25 AM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried draining the capacitors? Unplug, pull all the
>>>>> batteries, hold the power button for 15 seconds, replace batteries and
>>>>> replug, and test again.
>>>>> On Jan 3, 2015 1:01 AM, "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Upon plugging into power,  no fans whir nor do HDDs spinup, but the
>>>>>> interlock lights up amber in a second or less.
>>>>>>  On Jan 3, 2015 12:43 AM, "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > After shutting down and pulling power cords, noticed the time and
>>>>>> date
>>>>>> > were lost on our HP dl360 g6.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Replaced the cr2032 motherboard battery, but now power light and
>>>>>> interlock
>>>>>> > light remains amber.  Will not power on.  Reseated cover,  baffle,
>>>>>> power
>>>>>> > supplies.  Left it unplugged for quite a while.  Amber Interlock
>>>>>> will not
>>>>>> > go away.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Doubtful both power supplies died, but anybody happen to have a
>>>>>> dl360 g6
>>>>>> > power supply I could use for troubleshooting?  Possibly, a spare G6
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> > better?
>>>>>> >
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