Hi Everyone,

This will be my first post here, and I am hoping anyone here can assist me with an issue I have recently started to experience with my HP MediaSmart Server.

First, nothing has change on my server, no upgrades, no new installs, it was running fine and all of a sudden all the lights on my hdds go out, and my server shuts down as if power was being pulled, then it will turn itself back on and continue to boot up normally. It will stay up for 15 or so minutes and it will start the cycle all over again.

I hope anyone here would be able to help. I appreciate it.

Thanks....

i am starting to get the exact same problem today.
the home server has been flawlessly running since the day i got it.
MediaSmart EX485, Intel Celeron 2.0 Ghz 2GB DDR2 750GB HDD
the fan at the back seem to run correctly.

[update 1]
i have 2 hd, so i pulled out the second HD, and plugged it into my other PC, i can see the shared folder, those are hidden, so i had to turn on Display hidden files in the view, and i started copy files to my other PC.
at the same time, i started the home server with one hd, it reports the HD is missing, but seem to stay on for more than 10 min. i shuted it down since i don't know what kind of damage will it cause when the other hd is missing.

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[update 2]
the fan of the power supply is toasted, thus the system over heat, then it keep rebooting!
http://www.myhomeserver.com/?page_id=10
i am ordering the new fan and will put in next week. until then, i use a vacuum cleaner to suck the hot air out so i can copy all thing i need into my other workstation temperately.

i installed the SMART add-in, and noticed my system hd is on the way out, not surprising since it's been baked by the over-heated CPU for sometime.

it looks like i can't directly copy data from my system drive into another PC. i hooked up the drive, and see all the dir and files, but when i trying to open up the file, it always says file not there, i have fully duplication on.

I'm having the same problem here. Continuous reboots and flashing lights. Power supply fan and backplane OK. Using the debug cable:


-When it reaches "Checking NVRAM" it reboots.
-I can see the bios starting (changed to extended boot)


Removed all disks but the system disk. I can see:

-Bios starting OK.
-NVRAM OK
-Windows begin loading..........5 to 7 seconds into it....it reboots. (This is actually the restore program loading)

Looks to me like power supply failing by load. Any ideas?

Update 03/07/2012 10:15 EST

-Checked all drives with chkdsk /f on external USB carrier. All OK. I can access OS files in SYS partition.
-Updated the BIOS to reflect correct boot order. It goes back to SMI USB every time I install/remove disks.
-I boot with the system drive and while sitting at the log-in screen, it reboots.
-If I remove all hard disks and boot in restore mode it stays on....no reboots
-CPU Temp is 65 Deg C

It was a faulty power supply under load.

Performance on this server was never too great. It is now working better than ever!

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