This server has been running for some time with no known errors. Yesterday after I couldn’t reach some of the services on it, I found it shutdown. When trying to restart it, the bmc led lights up and it starts the boot process then shuts down for a few seconds, then cycles on and on. This possibly s…

I’d try to pull cmos battery and/or check if there is a clear cmos jumper on the board (check manual). Attempting bios update also an idea. Other than that, check connections/reseat, actually swap psu if you got a second to test with. Edit: blow out ram slots with compressed air if available/clea…

Thanks for the suggestions. Here’s where I am so far: I had already pulled the CMOS battery, and verified with a volt meter it’s still above the nominal voltage All the memory modules have been pulled and re-seated several times. At one point it booted, but I couldn’t replicate that. I did blow ou…

Before buying a new motherboard, have you tried clearing the CMOS / resetting the BIOS completely? Since you managed to boot once with a single RAM stick, it might also be worth trying to boot with just one stick again, but switching between different slots to see if a specific memory slot was damag…

Big thanks to all!! Responses below from latest response to earlier: Crysalina: I did try one memory stick at a time, but was unable to re-create the issues. I will keep in mind the possibility a power surge damaged one or more memory slots, but see below. Farout: The IPMI logs showed a coupl…

Updates: The server continued to run for about a week with the old PSU an only 2 data HDDs The replacement small form factor PSU didn’t fit the case, so had to be returned The 2nd PSU isn’t a perfect fit, but is close enough to get the screws in the holes, so it’s in The server is up and running t…

C3558d4i-4l starts and stops when trying to boot

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Farout October 10, 2026, 9:20am 4

I would log into the IPMI interface and see if the sensors report errors, including RAM. You have ECC, so it should report something.

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C3558d4i-4l starts and stops when trying to boot

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