Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question I’m sort of confused as to which comes first during boot up, the POST test or the BIOS. Some places say the POST … Read more
I’m having a relatively new hardware (i5 CPU x64) with a legacy 32 bit Windows 10 install. It is running older company software so the upgrade to 64 bit is not practical for several reasons. I know that for longer time the 32 bit Windows had the option in some cases to enable PAE (Physical … Read more
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#Master_boot_record_.28MBR.29_or_DOS_boot_sector While installing Gentoo, I came across a segment talking about GPT and UEFI being the more modern option, while MBR and BIOS are legacy options. However, it is mentioned that MBR is used in cloud providers like AWS. This surprised me but I can’t find any information online about why? Could you guys please … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question Whilst in the middle of doing a maintenance CD and iLO upgrade via the iLO on a HP DL380 G5, lost connectivity to … Read more
I work with Adaptec cards on a regular basis; 2405, 5405, 6405e, 6805, and a few others. I am dismayed by the BIOS’ terseness and lack of any utility at all. I can set card setting toggles; but the real issue I want to know: What does the card see as the array?! I had … Read more
I have an Intel® Server Board S2600WT2R I have set the Memory Operating Speed in the bios to 2400, but dmidecode reports that “Configured Clock Speed: 2134 MHz”. If I set the clock speed in the bios below 2133, the clock speed changes appropriately. I have been through the BIOS manual and I believe I’ve … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question I have a HP Proliant DL380 G7 Server, actually I have many. They all seem to work just fine and have for years … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 3 years ago. Improve this question I’m not a sysadmin, but got a used dell poweredge r320 anyway. A problem I’ve been having with it is that after issuing … Read more
I have a HP ProLiant D7 120DL with a Smart Array P400. After doing BIOS “Restore Default System Settings” the Smart Array can’t see the drives attached to it. When starting the server, Smart Array checks for disks, but POST the message “No drives where found”. Is there any option on the BIOS to enable … Read more
I’ve got a Barebone-Server with the Supermicro 5015A-EHF-D525 Mainboard. Now I urgently need to update the BIOS to the newest version. Too bad I’ve never done that before and google isn’t much help either. I’ve downloaded the newest version of the BIOS and got the following 4 files: AFUDOS.SMC ami.bat Readme for AMI BIOS.txt X7SPA3.719 … Read more
