Archive for June, 2025

Booting a HP ML310e Server with a broken fan that refuses to boot

Sunday, June 15th, 2025

I recently got a HP ML310e Server machine that refused to boot with a “Fan 2 error, not sufficient”. However the temperatures were normal and the fan was spinning at max level. Now in such a case, the system refuses to even enter BIOS and shuts down immediately during POST. Unfortunately, on this machien the […]

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AuthorSystem programmer
Spoken languages: C and x86 Assembler
Currently working as a UNIX Host programmer
In-depth knowledge of the WIN32 Kernel and MS DOS.
Likes: Optimized, fast low-level code
Hates: Bloated managed code like Java or .NET
Favourite Book: PC Intern 4 by Michael Tischer