20 Most Recent SuperMicro SuperServer 7043M-6 (SYS-7043M-6B) Questions & Answers

You are missing updates to the OS.

Not sure if XP will recognise SCSI as the primary drives. Under Linux no problem but most Windows OS's were never designed to support SCSI since it is more of a server drive system not a common home PC setup. I am not a MS fan and have not used MS products for many years so things might have changed. Remember XP is no long supported by MS so you might run into more problems down the road. I loved XP and changed OS's once the Vista/7 garbage took place.

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Any PCI mounted card will work.

An electrolytic capacitor has failed. If one has failed it indicates that the board has overheated, and many other components are also weak. This Intel board is not of good quality. Replace with SuperMicro or Tyan, and improve the cooling airflow in the case.

This is usually a bad hard drive.

The POST process is documented in the user manual under BIOS Post Codes.

Usual cause. Under the Chip Set Menu in the BIOS Under South Bridge Configuration The setting Audio CODEC Interface has been set to disable.

The "beep codes" are located in your user manual in Appendix B

The first place is always the Debian Linux website, because most Linux packages are derived from Debian.

This is usually caused by the chip being disabled in the BIOS

"The BIOS can not shadow the ROM into system memory." This is usually caused by the ROM on a card trying to use the same memory space. Remember all of the ROMs have only the memory addresses from C800 to FFFF in the first megabyte available for shadow. This was designed in in the first IBM PC and remains to this day. Remove the other cards, and turn off both system ROM shadow, and video ROM shadow.

If you are good with a soldering iron the capacitors can be replaced. Make sure you can wick the excess solder out of the holes. Replace only with Japanese capacitors, and increase the airflow in the case and around the capacitor. This is usually a sign of overheating.

If the system boots, check the BIOS overheat settings. If no boot, Most common problem, BIOS is corrupted.

This is normally the battery. They last about 5 years. If the battery is weak, replace. Then, go to Advanced BIOS Settings in the BIOS and select PCI Configuration. Set reset configuration data to YES. Reboot.

This is a motherboard that has been decorated by "Case Modders"

This is a video initialization error. I have forgotten which one. (I think the video RAM) Check the graphic card, or the jumper on the motherboard, depending on the setup of the server. (On board video) If on board video, also check the first DIMM pair.