keneil01

Thanks a million for beeing so helpfull. I will buy the right cabel and report back next week. Have a nice weekend.

Ok. In that case I will need to buy cables and try again next week. Thanks for your help so far

o Yes, I do get to the Disk utility. The only option I get is CD rom and the USB stick. I have tried for hours to tweak the BIOS settings, and hoping that the HD would apear, but no. I cant get the system info to save on file. I took a picture of it insted - hope it helps. Today my 4 HD`s are connected to the SAS controller, and NOT directly to the MB. I dont have the right cables to test it, so I need to get back to that, if thats the case. by the way... I found a link that has screenshots of my BIOS. If you have time, and I dont minde if you take a peek http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/113975-poweredge-840-won-t-boot-with-addition-of-new-hard-drive If you a sugestion what to do, Im more than happy to try it!

Mouse solved by using a USB one. The BIOS setting are a little more difficult. I can not se a option of "AHCI". Under sata controller I have the option "ATA mode" and "off". Is this where it stops? FYI I have to more disks connected than the spec shows in the first post. Does this have anything to do with the problem?

You rock!! -That did work! Now two other problems... the mouse is not working (pluged in the PS2 port), and the second problem. No disk(s) is showing when I get to the screen "select the disk..." Any sugestion for a fix?

md5 = checked Yes, its a on-board video. If I need a ned video card to get the server version going, im going to purches one. Any "cheap" recomendations? Your support is much appreciated!

And after that I did CraphicsEnabler=no wait=yes -v and got...

wow. That was quick response! Well... se attached picture. I did a default (-v) boot.

Hi, I have a dell poweredge 840 and running win server. I can not afford a new mac server at the moment, and would like to install "mac" server, if its possible. Is there any chance that I can get i to work with the specs? I did try to install ML from USB, but got various errors. Cant waith for a reply 1 PE 840 QUAD CORE XEON X3210 (2.13GHZ, 2X 1 MY 1ST SERVER - SAVE UP TO 46% 1 PE840 UK EURO WITH POWER CORD 1 4GB (4X1GB SINGLE RANK DIMMS) 667MHZ 1 NO FLOPPY DRIVE 1 250GB SATA (7,200RPM) 3.5INCH HARD DRIVE 1 250GB SATA (7,200RPM) 3.5INCH HARD DRIVE 1 SAS5I/R INTERNAL CONTROLLER RAID PCIE 1 NON-HOT PLUG HARD DRIVE CAGE CHASSIS 1 48X DVD-ROM/CD-RW COMBO DRIVE 1 DISPLAY : NOT INCLUDED 1 BROADCOM TCP/IP OFFLOAD ENGINE FUNCTIONA 1 NO MOUSE(N) 1 NO KEYBOARD REQUIRED(N) 1 ENGLISH - MICROSOFT SMALL BUSINESS SERVE 1 PE840 OPENMANAGE FACTORY INSTALL AND DVD 1 UPG TO BASIC 3Y NBD PREMIER ENTERPRISE S 1 RECOMMENDED ENTERPRISE SUPPORT DECLINED. 1 NO INSTALLATION SERVICE SELECTED (CONTAC 1 BASE WARRANTY 1 1Y NBD (NEXT BUSINESS DAY) ON-SITE 1 C4 ASS R1 SAS5IR CONTROLLER EXACTLY 2 DR 1 POWEREDGE ORDER - NORWAY