Tag Archives: Dell

Dell PowerEdge 2650 (PE2650) Fan Replacement

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

By Anne Tarantino – Velocity Tech Solutions For those of you running Dell PowerEdge 2650 servers, prepare yourself. At some point, you may get a fan error. That fan error isn’t anything to be too afraid of. But the fan … Continue reading →

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DELL 9th Generation Risers

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

By Dylan Kerling – Velocity Tech Solutions Today, I’m going to do a quick blurb about the 9th generation Dell servers and using different style PCI risers. When configuring a PowerEdge 1950 or PowerEdge 2950, there are two expansion risers … Continue reading →

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Pin Type Processors, and You: A Quick Guide to Replacing or Removing the Older PIN Style Processors from PowerEdge Servers, 8th Gen and Older

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

By Mike Kidd – Velocity Tech Solutions One of the things I commonly find as a usual suspect in troubleshooting after replacing a system board is improperly seated or removed processors. Fret not, because this happens to the best of … Continue reading →

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How to Replace SAS 5 Controller on a PowerEdge Server

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

By Mike Kidd – Velocity Tech Solutions Today, we are going to do a quick write-up with a video on replacing a failed SAS 5 raid controller. This procedure is pretty much the same across the entire PowerEdge line of … Continue reading →

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How to clear an Idrac6

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

By Anne Tarantino Via Mike Kidd I had a call from a customer unable to clear his Idrac6. Since in his case he had the BMC, Idrac6 Express and Idrac6 Enterprise, I had to get the big guns, the Kidd, … Continue reading →

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Changing Out LCD Display on Dell PowerEdge 2850 Server

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

By Mike Kidd – Velocity Tech Solutions We have all been there at one point; We walk into the server room and notice that one of the bezels is lit up orange. As we begin to investigate and pull the … Continue reading →

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Setting up a Raid 5 with Perc 5/6 Raid Controllers

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

By Mike Kidd – Velocity Tech Solutions For this edition of Tech Corner, I will be explaining how to set up a raid 5 on your Dell server with a Perc 5/6 raid controller. For the purpose of this demonstration, … Continue reading →

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How to Change a 4 Bay Backplane to a 6 Bay Backplane in a Dell Poweredge 2950

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

By Mike Kidd You know the old saying; if it isn’t broke don’t fix it? This is certainly true with the PowerEdge 2950 server. However, if you are one of those that has the 4 bay backplane installed you would … Continue reading →

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By Kay Winchell, Technical Support, Velocity Tech Solutions.

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

This one was a little too Hardware Geeky for me! I let the professional write this one! Thanks to Kay Winchell for writing this blog or me! Or covering my behind since it was a bit over my head. By Kay … Continue reading →

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Looking for hard drives for a Dell Power Vault MD3000i??

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

You may be looking just a bit harder. If you didn’t purchase the Dell MD3000i and hard drives from Dell directly there are a couple of hard drives that are not able to be used in the Dell Power vault … Continue reading →

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