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Question posted by rivera30738 on March 8th, 2013

I Have A Amber Light On The Fan Icon In The Front Panel Of My Dell.

I open the casing and saw the triple fan assembly bad. I just replace the assembly but still getting the amber light and when I try starting the OS it stop's at the point where it say's hit F1 to reboot or F12. It's just rebooting but not getting into the OS. Is there another fan I need to replace or is there something else I should be checking?

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Answer #1: Posted by jrc1971 on March 9th, 2013 11:58 AM

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The BIOS of your server is getting you in this loop.

Try these steps to ensure that you properly changed the fans:

1. Switch off the server, unplug and open the case. Check that the cable or cables that connect the fan assembly to the motherboard are correctly plugged and that no other cable may obstruct the assembly or has been unplugged when you changed it.

2. Leave the case open, plug the server and start it, looking at the fan assemby an checking that all fans work properly on the boot checking of the system performed by the BIOS. All the fans should perform a maximum voltage test. (Run at maximum speed for 2/3 seconds) if everything is correct.

On all Dell servers older an new, the amber static led indicates a power supply failure. if the two checks above have worked properly try the first logical solution: download the latest BIOS release from Dell website and save it in a pendrive; then flash the bios.

I you are unavailable to flash it from a pendrive, simply remove the battery on the motherboard with the server unplugged and wait at least for a minute until al condensers get empty, then put agin the battery in its place: this "rustical" method will turn the BIOS to its default features. (you will have to reconfigure it if it works)

If none of the above works, you will have to change the power supply of the server.

I hope this information would be useful and that you will have you server working back again.

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