I have a HP ProLiant DL320 G5 Server that we have swapped out the motherboard with a working one, tried narrowing down removing different memory sticks, swapped out the onboard battery. I have a power supply tester that does not show a fault on the power supply. The fans kick on, no beep codes, no error LEDs turn on (or beep codes) with either the original or replacement motherboards. Anyone have any ideas?
HP ProLiant DL320 G5 No Video Output, No Error LEDs, Swapped Motherboard, Same Issue
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A blank screen does not necessarily indicate a broken video card, it could be anything in the pre boot sequence. The fact that you are not getting an CMSO beeps indicates that it is not even POSTing properly, so it could easily be CPU, RAM, Motherboard.
Unfortunately the only way to find out what is wrong is to swap out components and see what works.
Check your KVM... Try with different keyboard/monitor or run headless. Don't repeat the mistakes made here.
See: HP ProLiant DL360 G7 hangs at "Power and Thermal Calibration" screen
Edit: It would be important to get into the ILO to see server messages. The ILO's settings are persistent, so removing the battery won't help you. Even if your issue is not KVM-related, the rest of the flowchart above should help you isolate the issue.
If you have physical access to the server, you can try this sequence:
- Remove the power supply units and swap them.
Test to see if the system will boot...
If that doesn't work:
- Remove all power supplies from the chassis
- Locate the System Maintenance Switch on the motherboard - It's a set of 10 DIP switches.
- Turn switch #6 switch on.
- Insert all power supply units.
- Power on the server and allow it to idle for 3 minutes.
- Power the server off.
- Remove all power supplies.
- Return DIP switch #6 to off (original) position.
- Reinsert the power supplies.
- Power the server on.
Test to see if the system will boot...
If that doesn't work:
- Remove all power supplies from the chassis
- Turn DIP switches #1, 5 and 6 switch on.
- Insert all power supply units.
- Power on the server and allow it to idle for 3 minutes.
- Power the server off.
- Remove all power supplies.
- Return DIP switches #1, 5 and 6 to off (original) position.
- Reinsert the power supplies.
- Power the server on.
Test to see if the system will boot...
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Your Proliant DL320 G5 is fairly old and a very low-end system. Repair may not be worth it, given the options available now. But I'm assuming you're out of support and trying to self-repair.
This is a single power supply and single CPU socket server. That makes it easy to troubleshoot. I'd guess power supply, motherboard or CPU...
Your best indicator is the ILO2 log and the server's IML log. Have you looked into those yet?
I'd suggest following the troubleshooting steps outlined in the HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide.
There are flowcharts which will help you narrow your issue down in a methodical fashion.
Also see: HP ProLiant DL360 G7 hangs at "Power and Thermal Calibration" screen