old quad pentium server needs help

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oddcomp

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i was givin a intel extended express
quad pentium 133 mhz server

i can load win 98 on it but it refuses to load any version of nt
it will boot off the nt cd load the drivers then when it changes screens to a blue screen
where it displays it has one processor and x amount of ram and a multiprocessor kernal it just hangs i have to reboot it witht he power switch

<i will try win 2k server once i meet the ram requirements>

it currently has on board adaptec 7870 <i think> scsi

2 out of 6 sca hot swap bays loaded with two 2 gig seagate drives

a scsi cd rom
a ide cd rom
i have tried a diffrent scs card diffrent scsi hd
and even a few ide hd's

tried running off of 2 cpu's
tried running off of 1 cpu
diffrent video card
drives are formatted fat 16
but it still locks up and i am lost

anyone got any suggestions?
besides find another dual or quad cpu setup and stuff it in the case?
 
ok ran memtest in the test all setting for about 4 passes and no errors ...
now what ?

oh and thanks for the proggie it will come in handy for other systems i work on

i just wish this one was not so stubborn
 
Originally posted by oddcomp
i can load win 98 on it but it refuses to load any version of nt
it will boot off the nt cd load the drivers then when it changes screens to a blue screen
where it displays it has one processor and x amount of ram and a multiprocessor kernal it just hangs i have to reboot it witht he power switch

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tried running off of 2 cpu's
tried running off of 1 cpu
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Could you possibly have a bad CPU in there somewhere? What was loaded on it before? Some form of *nix, perhaps? If so, maybe load it up again as a test.
 
as far as nix goes it refuses to run mandrake or fedora
i got mandrake installed but on boot up it gets as far as saying to press i for interactive somethig or other and thats it

with swapping cpu's around and trying various forms of single dual triple and quad all the results are the same
 
Check the BIOS for an SMP Mode or similiar option. You may have to change some settings for things to work.
 
yeah i tried changeing one bios setting per reboot
took a long time
but still did not help

i should try the debug version of ntdetect and see where its
 
ok well running the debug version of ntdetect
it hangs right after it checks the floppy drive
 
Originally posted by oddcomp
ok well running the debug version of ntdetect
it hangs right after it checks the floppy drive
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I'd try swapping drives, or running a low level format. You might have a bad mainboard, try a BIOS update if available. Also, unhook the floppy, or put a known good disk in it. :)
 
NT is fairly tempermental, so I'd say that plus the fact Workstation can only support up to two CPU's could be causing a problem there.
 
Originally posted by Poop
NT is fairly tempermental, so I'd say that plus the fact Workstation can only support up to two CPU's could be causing a problem there.
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That's true. It could also be a bit of a problem with Windows and the chipset on the mainboard.
 
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