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2006-04-16 03:31:06 UTC
Hi
I have a Gateway 975 server with windows 2003 Ent Edition SP1 loaded on
it. It is unfortunately a PDC as well. I accidently installed a utility
from LSI called power console plus that is used for mega raid
controllers to manage SCSI HDD via GUI from Windows. After I installed
this utility, it asked me to reboot and I did so . The server rebooted
never to came back up again. It came to screen where it shows loading
windows enterprise edition but then reboots again. I tried using last
known good config, safe mode, safe mode with networking or command
prompt but nothing worked. In safe mode it loads some drivers and after
it comes to acpitabl.dat - it reboots again. I realised later that this
sever had an onboard Adaptec -AIC 7902 card. So I am thinking it is
caused by driver conflict. I even booted from the cd and selected
install from the first screen and then repair, thus allowing the
installation program to find the exisiting OS installation - then
selected "r" to repair the latter but this didnt help either. I googled
for acpitabl.dat and found some cases where people had problem after
SP1 but since this server had rebooted couple times after that and so I
don't think that SP1 is an issue in my case. But as people suggested, I
updated my server's bios, disable HT, looked for ACPI but nothing
worked. I even purchased ERD Admin pak so that I can boot from a cd to
be able to access server - I renamed update.sys in
\windows\system32\drivers and then I copied update.sys from window's cd
to the folders \windows\system32\drivers and \windows\system32\dllcache
but still the server reboots after coming to screen where it shows
loading windows 2003 ent edition or after loading acpitabl.dat in safe
mode. I tried deleting file mraid35x.sys from
\windows\system32\driverscache\i386.cab but that didnt let me rename or
delete this file. This file is used by service that is installed by
power console plus. I deleted specific entries from registry pertaining
to mega raid or power console plus but still I am facing the same
problem. I would appreciate if some body can help me out as I dont want
to format this system as it would be cumber some to seize roles on
secondary DC.
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
I have a Gateway 975 server with windows 2003 Ent Edition SP1 loaded on
it. It is unfortunately a PDC as well. I accidently installed a utility
from LSI called power console plus that is used for mega raid
controllers to manage SCSI HDD via GUI from Windows. After I installed
this utility, it asked me to reboot and I did so . The server rebooted
never to came back up again. It came to screen where it shows loading
windows enterprise edition but then reboots again. I tried using last
known good config, safe mode, safe mode with networking or command
prompt but nothing worked. In safe mode it loads some drivers and after
it comes to acpitabl.dat - it reboots again. I realised later that this
sever had an onboard Adaptec -AIC 7902 card. So I am thinking it is
caused by driver conflict. I even booted from the cd and selected
install from the first screen and then repair, thus allowing the
installation program to find the exisiting OS installation - then
selected "r" to repair the latter but this didnt help either. I googled
for acpitabl.dat and found some cases where people had problem after
SP1 but since this server had rebooted couple times after that and so I
don't think that SP1 is an issue in my case. But as people suggested, I
updated my server's bios, disable HT, looked for ACPI but nothing
worked. I even purchased ERD Admin pak so that I can boot from a cd to
be able to access server - I renamed update.sys in
\windows\system32\drivers and then I copied update.sys from window's cd
to the folders \windows\system32\drivers and \windows\system32\dllcache
but still the server reboots after coming to screen where it shows
loading windows 2003 ent edition or after loading acpitabl.dat in safe
mode. I tried deleting file mraid35x.sys from
\windows\system32\driverscache\i386.cab but that didnt let me rename or
delete this file. This file is used by service that is installed by
power console plus. I deleted specific entries from registry pertaining
to mega raid or power console plus but still I am facing the same
problem. I would appreciate if some body can help me out as I dont want
to format this system as it would be cumber some to seize roles on
secondary DC.
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.