problem resolved -> replaced monitor cable
Hi I received my Dell Poweredge R210 II some days ago and finally got time to install it into my rack. Since I ordered it without any preinstalled OS, I switched it on and inserted the proficed DVD "System Management, Tools and Documentation (V.6.5.0)". Assuming the BIOS would boot from optical media drive first, I did not hit any key during the startup. After configuration prompts the system started reading from the optical drive and a blue line on the screen showed up "...Checking  [xxxxxx]..." (Unfortunatelly I did not write it down, since I was convinced this is a normal procedure). After the "checking"-line disappeared, I was facing a black screen - no HHD LED indication, no DVD LED indication, no failure (1234 LED) indication. I rebooted the system with Ctrl-Alt-Del and took the DVD out of the drive. Since then, no text nor prompts have showed up during startup. Just a black screen switching from pitch-black to a brighter black screen. I went through the Manual and pressed at startup the F2-Key (although I have no prompt for it). Unfortunatelly this did not got me into BIOS, but the system indicated "other failure" (LED 1 2 3 were lit up). After reboot withough any keystrokes (and still black screen) the system starts without failure (no LED indications). - Have someone expirienced an equivalent behaviour? Any hints/solutions what to check? - Is it possible to do some kind of factory restore to the server? (at least the first time I got a prompt for bios). Please reply if you need further information on my system I forgot to mention. Thanks for your help! Nenad
Poweredge R210 II - No BIOS prompt since second boot