[olug] HP dl360 g6 amber interlock light

[Kevin]

What was it? Capacitors?
On Jan 3, 2015 9:36 PM, "Rob Townley" <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> OLUG mailing list
>>>>>>> OLUG at olug.org
>>>>>>> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>