I reset the bios of my dell poweredge sc1430, and after that i can't boot

SOURCE: PowerEdge 2600 does not boot up ?

this server is a compleate wast of time trust me

SOURCE: DELL Poweredge 2600 Bios FREEZES After Cpu check and before SCSI Drives check HELP!!!!

The BIOS check can freeze for many reasons.

Can you tell me if this is an existing system that was working fine and then had this problem, or is this a new (or new to you) system?

Can you give more information on what is actually showing on the screen?

SOURCE: I changed the boot order

F12 is the Dell boot menu key.

SOURCE: Reset Bios Password on a Dell Poweredge 2850

The following information was found here http://www.darklab.rutgers.edu/MERCURY/t15/pe2850dell.html

This should take care of your issue.


Password Jumper Place the jumper on both pins to enable the password. To disable the password, remove the password jumper.

SOURCE: Does Dell PowerEdge 4600 Server support DVD ROM

I am working on one of these now and yes, it should boot from DVDROM. Be aware that it is a notebook style drive and there are no onboard IDE or SATA controllers, so once the drive dies you're in for a wallet hit. Same goes for the floppy drive which is integrated with the DVDROM. Even worse, the presence of the broken floppy usually means a USB floppy drive won't help when loading windows drivers at install time.