IBM PC Server 330 won’t boot

[RetroMagic]

Hi! I recently got an IBM PC Server 330. However, I can’t get it to boot and I don’t even know where to start. Here’s what I know.

• The hard drive bays (has four drives) have a green light on for each but none of the drives spin up
• I set the system jumpers from tamper protection to CMOS clear to see if that changed anything
• I replaced the CMOS battery to see if that changed anything
• The keyboard blinks the num/scroll/caps lock lights on power up
• The fans all run
• No beeps from the system speaker
• Processor gets warm
• Reseated the RAM and voltage regular module
• Don’t see any internal damage or leaking
• Ethernet Enable LED on the system board is on - the three RAID lights are off
• No video is outputted
• Other drives like the CD drive and Zip drive power on
• Below are the system indicators and the descriptions from the manual

 

[RetroMagic]

Also - just in case no one on this forum has the knowledge of these systems to be able to help, does anyone know of a good forum they could recommend? There's so many out there and I don't know which ones are the best for things like this (and reputable).

I find it wild that I can't really find anything on these aside from some YouTube videos of them working, the user manual (really glad to find this in general), and some IBM help articles that just seem to leave more questions than answers. I know IBM systems are weird and a proprietary mess but I can't be the only person drawn to them. But, the older PS/2 systems don't have much info on them either - at least someone was kind enough to archive their reference diskettes and such.

Ramblings aside - thank you for taking the time to read this and for any responses in advance

 

[ClassicHasClass]

I'd start with forum.vcfed.org or you could ask on the cctalk list. There are many PS/2 specialists in both places.

 

[RetroMagic]

I'd start with forum.vcfed.org or you could ask on the cctalk list. There are many PS/2 specialists in both places.

Thank you!!