Thank god for the writer's strike. Is there such a thing as a stable Sage system?

[paulbeers]

Originally Posted by BobPhoenix

Here's a story for you!

I had no problems with my server but I wanted to upgrade it to a quad core. To handle converting videos without killing the Single Core Pentium I had for a server. So today after copying the videos to the new server I shut down the existing server. Unplugged all the cables and pulled the nVidia DualTV cards. And put them in the new server. Booted it up and got everything up and running just fine. Meanwhile I took the old server upstairs (from the basement) plugged it in and tried to start it and get no video and will not complete post. So spend several hours pulling memory and the rest of the cards from the computer testing a new power supply and still can't get it to work. Yet for the previous 24hrs it was coping my 1TB of recorded videos to new drives in the new server and recording several shows - no problem. (I got a couple of 1TB drives to replace the 1TB raid-5 array in the old server)

Sometimes I hate computers. Now I've got to waist more time testing components to find the problem and it will probably work after finishing the disassembly and re-assembling them again when I find out individually that they are all fine.(The way my luck works - although it could be worse since the new server is working fine).

BobP.

If you use a vid card (and not integrated graphics), check to make sure your vid card is seated. If you were pulling cards, most likely you bumped the vid card out of its slot.

[Fluffdaddy]

I know there are the usual suspects that will drop in and say their Server been up 10-12 months without touching it. I think I was up 33 days in a row once, but now I reboot once every 5-7 days just to play it safe.

Stable system 90-95% of the time. Stay away from the $30 main-boards on newegg.........they was a killer

[BobPhoenix]

Originally Posted by paulbeers

If you use a vid card (and not integrated graphics), check to make sure your vid card is seated. If you were pulling cards, most likely you bumped the vid card out of its slot.

Nope motherboard failed only used integrated graphics. Probably why some of my recordings were segmented too. I never turned it off only rebooted for the past year or two so who knows when it died but it will not even get as far as it did the other night now no fans or anything but all of the components are fine because I tried CPU, memory, etc.. on another board and they work fine. Oh and this was a SERVER class motherboard I have 2 others that I shut completely off all the time no problem - cost of board was a little over $250 each.

[paulbeers]

Originally Posted by BobPhoenix

Nope motherboard failed only used integrated graphics. Probably why some of my recordings were segmented too. I never turned it off only rebooted for the past year or two so who knows when it died but it will not even get as far as it did the other night now no fans or anything but all of the components are fine because I tried CPU, memory, etc.. on another board and they work fine. Oh and this was a SERVER class motherboard I have 2 others that I shut completely off all the time no problem - cost of board was a little over $250 each.

Ouch! That stinks! Sorry man! (doesn't know whatelse to say to that!)