Dell 530 Precision Workstation

veryfast1234 · 10-21-2008, 08:49 PM

This is posted in the Windows XP support forum too....but have both Vista and XP on machine.

I have a Dell 530 Precision Workstation with 2 separate OS, Vista and XP on two different SCSI HDD. I use the BIOS to boot one or the other.
I have 1GB of RAM, 3 SCSI HDD, AGP video card, PCI RAID card for an external RAID box with 4 SATA 320GB HDD in a 0+1 config.
Over the past few days the computer keeps shutting off, but not completely off, the screen goes blank and the power light goes yellow, the diagnostic lights all go yellow too. This happens in both VISTA and XP and randomly, I can be searching the internet, email, etc.
I have removed a USB PCI controller, no change.
I removed all USB, no change.
I removed the external eSATA link, no change.
I have opened the case and looked and adjusted any type of possible cable that could be loose, with nothing out of the ordinary.
I have ran the Dell diagnostic CD and it came back saying the USB controller 3 was faulting, reason why I removed the USB PCI controller, as stated.
After removing the USB PCI controller the Dell diag CD shows no problems.
I am up in arms on what to do next. Since it is happening to two seperate HDD and two separate OS's I cant see it being a software problem at all. Most likely a hardware related issue.
Any and all help and information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

10-21-2008, 08:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
veryfast1234 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP and Vista, separate HDD	Dell 530 Precision Workstation This is posted in the Windows XP support forum too....but have both Vista and XP on machine. I have a Dell 530 Precision Workstation with 2 separate OS, Vista and XP on two different SCSI HDD. I use the BIOS to boot one or the other. I have 1GB of RAM, 3 SCSI HDD, AGP video card, PCI RAID card for an external RAID box with 4 SATA 320GB HDD in a 0+1 config. Over the past few days the computer keeps shutting off, but not completely off, the screen goes blank and the power light goes yellow, the diagnostic lights all go yellow too. This happens in both VISTA and XP and randomly, I can be searching the internet, email, etc. I have removed a USB PCI controller, no change. I removed all USB, no change. I removed the external eSATA link, no change. I have opened the case and looked and adjusted any type of possible cable that could be loose, with nothing out of the ordinary. I have ran the Dell diagnostic CD and it came back saying the USB controller 3 was faulting, reason why I removed the USB PCI controller, as stated. After removing the USB PCI controller the Dell diag CD shows no problems. I am up in arms on what to do next. Since it is happening to two seperate HDD and two separate OS's I cant see it being a software problem at all. Most likely a hardware related issue. Any and all help and information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks