Dell Power Edge 500SC

[wan901]

Guys i had receive from my fwen a dell server PC Dell Power Edge 500sc ...the problem is cannot turn on ......even i tested with new PSU.....seem didn't have any bulky caps on the board ....wut should it be .....do you guys have the same related problem like this before ??

[Per Hansson]

Re: Dell Power Edge 500SC

The CMOS battery might be needed for the board to start

[Maxxarcade]

Re: Dell Power Edge 500SC

You also will need registered PC133 ram. Install a battery and see if it boots.

[wan901]

Re: Dell Power Edge 500SC

Erhhmmm....the battery is installed already...and the RAM is from the dell itself.....i forgot to tell ur guys....this thing being surge by lightning (when the pc was not turn on...).... now its giving me a question....i've checked all caps with Multi Tester seem nothing problem or shorts.....is this can be repaired ???

[wan901]

Re: Dell Power Edge 500SC

oops....i mean when the PC was turn off.... sorry about that

[hardwareguy]

Re: Dell Power Edge 500SC

Who knows what is wrong, try resetting the CMOS or try a different CPU and RAM.

Nice ServerWorks chipset!