Hi Edwardzh,
"BIOS Boot fails" - power applied to board, front panel switch used to initiate BIOS bootup but Intel splashscreen not shown and Intel Diagnostic Lights at rear of server board display 0x15. There is nothing on the connected screen. There are no error missages displayed on the connected VGA screen - only the Intel Diagmostic Lights on the rear of the server board displayed as (Reading from rear of server left to right [OFF OFF OFF ON | OFF ON OFF ON]). It is these lights that when decoded yield 0x15 according to Appendix C of the Technical Specification Revision 2.4 for the S1200BT family). My understanding is that BIOS startup is failing sometime during the Pre EFI Inititialisation (PEI) sequence - specifically after the North Bridge PEI Module starts.
I cannot get through the POST sequence to even try F2, F6, or Delete keys
By "restarted" I mean that power is applied to the main board and then the switch on the front panel is activated causing the BIOS boot sequence to start. The server does not restart itself.
Thanks for any help you give.
Jeff