Situation: The client has a Dell PowerEdge 2950 server running Windows 2012 R2. The server has a problem to start with this error: E1000 Failsafe, Call Support E1215 1.8V.
Troubleshooting: Online suggestion:
The issue you are seeing is due to a problem with either the motherboard, riser, or a PCI card in that riser. To start troubleshooting which one, take the server down to the minimum hardware required to POST. That is removing everything in the server but the folowing;
- System board
- Processor (with heatsink) in socket 1
- Two sticks of memory in memory slots 1 and 2
- 1 power supply
- Control panel (to turn on system)
- Sideplane
- Both PCI risers; PCI-e in center slot, (PCI-e or PCI-X) in left slot
We fixed the problem by reset the memory.
