John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Sat Dec 19 00:16:29 CST 2009
Hey Gary, If it's anything like my Acer WHS you can just push the power button and it will recycle and the red light will be gone. Red light for means it needs to be rebooted because of an update. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:06 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Home Server Trouble Not looking for help here so much as just whining. My HP Mediasmart server running Windows Home Server is not working. It's headless - no monitor, keyboard or CD/DVD drive on it and it won't allow me to bring up the Server Console from my main machine. It has a RED status indicator. I first noticed that red indicator last night just before i went to bed and I rather than investigate it then I decided to give it until morning to try and resolve it itselt. Really didn't expect that to happen. This morning it was still that way and I did a search of the HP support info when I got to the office and it has instructed me to push a paper clip into a hole on the front of the box and read the codes. Most of the codes indicate I will need to "Contact HP Support" so it's not looking good. I've had it for two years I think and really haven't had any previous issues with it. It's been faithfully backing up all my systems nightly during that time. I've restored an entire drive and some selected files from those backups. Just kind of freaking that I can't log into it. Kind of a helpless feeling. But since I'm not in a spot that any of my other systems are failing right now I guess the timing is as good as any. Now that statement will put the pressure on for getting it up and running again. Something else to play with I guess. Not a problem but an opportunity. -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com