The original post: /r/homelab by /u/Fyler1 on 2025-01-22 01:23:45.

Hello everyone! I’m relatively new to this rabbit hole, and have since purchased a Dell R730xd (12x LFF) to play around with and possibly set up as a media storage machine.

I was able to get it plugged in with 1 power cord, and the PSU lights up green. When I turn it on and it ramps the fans down from 100%, the Health, Electrical and iDRAC lights all start flashing slowly. The PSU remains solid green. The R730xd owner’s manual states to reseat the PSUs, which I did by unplugging it after it auto-shutdowns, and then unlatching and relatching each of the PSUs. I also switched which PSU I had plugged in.

I’m unable to see any system error messages or anything like that as I don’t have a USB A-A cable yet to plug in to the iDRAC Direct Access port up front. Anyone have any advice on what to check next or where to go from here?

I saw in another post that someone just bought new PSUs and they worked just fine. Mine has the EPP 1100Ws in it. Someone else suggested backplane??

Greatly appreciated from this wonderful community. I’ve learned a lot in the last couple weeks I’ve been pouring through this subreddit. You guys are awesome.