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PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:13 pm 
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Hello,

I recently grabbed another EX495 off ebay. I booted it up, and used it for a few days without any issues to verify that everything worked. I shut it down, disconnected, and proceeded to upgrade the CPU and RAM to a Q9550s and 4GB (this is the 3rd one I've upgraded to that combo). I proceeded to re-assemble the server, but now when I try to turn it on I get just a single flash from one of the front lights, and a "twitch" from the fans. I've tried restoring the hardware to the Pentium and original RAM, but the problem persists. Did I fry / break something?

Any thoughts?

On a side note, another EX495 I have shows the ethernet adapter is WS2012E R2, but never shows the cable as connected (neither does my switch). Adapter on the motherboard gone bad?


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Usually when you break one down the biggest risk is the backplane, the board where the drives plug into.
possibly you broke off a component.
Sometimes it is just a matter of a visual check and a minor solder job.

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So visually I can't find anything wrong. I used another EX's power supply that I know works, so I know it's not the power supply.


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its probably the ram. Ive had 0 luck in getting the ram to work in the mediasmart server ex490 and ex495. The cpu upgrade works so im betting you the cpu you upgraded to is fine but the ram is not playing nice hence no bios. Slap in the 2GB ram im sure your server will boot fine.

edit could be the psu also. I have one that wont show bios with the jumper added but remove the jumper you can see the bootup.. :( cant make bios changes.


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