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Koenig · 09-07-2006, 11:31 AM

Hey guys, I'll try to explain everything as best as I can because I need some help with this.

So this is my 3rd week at this job I started in tech, and the supervisor told me their Snap Server 2200 crapped out.

Here's the kicker, they told me that they lost the 2nd harddrive a while ago, before I started here, and then due to a "hurricane warning" in Florida they shut down the snap server and it wouldn't boot back up.

They have a 2nd snap server that works fine (though it's not a 2200 and I've read in the forums for help but haven't found any issues relating to it....and the 2200s seem to have the obvious miscellaneous problems), but it's an older model and not a 2200.

I'm not entirely sure because, he fan gives a lot of vibration, but when booted up it doesn't feel as if the first HDD is spinning.... but it feels like the second one is, even though it doesn't connect or boot up to the 2nd one.

the other snap server when pinging the IP replies, when I try to ping the 2200 on the network it times out.

The thing about this place is they didn't do any type of RAID set up, so no mirrored striping, nothing.... they were just using them as back up harddisks to store information on.

I'm going to trouble shoot and check the network cable connecting and seeing if it's just a network issue....

Is it possible to plug the snap drives into a Windows computer and see whether or not the drives are readable with information?

Would I possibly be able to try connecting the 2200 drives to the other snap server (it looks like a real old version) and see if they connect and read? Or would I get confliting problems?

I'm trying to find out if the IDE controller or the MoBo itself crapped out on me and just doesn't want to work.
One last thing, I couldn't find anything about the LED blinking on the wiki section, but when I connect the second drive to the first controller I get the system and the Disk lights blinking simultaneously at an intermittent rate.... is that signifying failure mode?

09-07-2006, 11:31 AM	#1
Koenig Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 28	Snap Server 2200 connectivity issues? Hey guys, I'll try to explain everything as best as I can because I need some help with this. So this is my 3rd week at this job I started in tech, and the supervisor told me their Snap Server 2200 crapped out. Here's the kicker, they told me that they lost the 2nd harddrive a while ago, before I started here, and then due to a "hurricane warning" in Florida they shut down the snap server and it wouldn't boot back up. They have a 2nd snap server that works fine (though it's not a 2200 and I've read in the forums for help but haven't found any issues relating to it....and the 2200s seem to have the obvious miscellaneous problems), but it's an older model and not a 2200. I'm not entirely sure because, he fan gives a lot of vibration, but when booted up it doesn't feel as if the first HDD is spinning.... but it feels like the second one is, even though it doesn't connect or boot up to the 2nd one. the other snap server when pinging the IP replies, when I try to ping the 2200 on the network it times out. The thing about this place is they didn't do any type of RAID set up, so no mirrored striping, nothing.... they were just using them as back up harddisks to store information on. I'm going to trouble shoot and check the network cable connecting and seeing if it's just a network issue.... Is it possible to plug the snap drives into a Windows computer and see whether or not the drives are readable with information? Would I possibly be able to try connecting the 2200 drives to the other snap server (it looks like a real old version) and see if they connect and read? Or would I get confliting problems? I'm trying to find out if the IDE controller or the MoBo itself crapped out on me and just doesn't want to work. One last thing, I couldn't find anything about the LED blinking on the wiki section, but when I connect the second drive to the first controller I get the system and the Disk lights blinking simultaneously at an intermittent rate.... is that signifying failure mode?