Beating a dead horse won’t get you much.
But beating a dead (Blue screened) server will sometimes get it to boot up again.
I know sometimes we get frustrated with our jobs. I know that we also have to deal with funky hardware.
Here are some steps that have been developed over my career to deal with both issues. These steps are time tested.
These steps are called Computer Punching Repair (CPR.)
It’s kind of like regular CPR, but for servers.
Here is what you do:
1. Pull server mostly out of rack.
2. Position yourself above the server.
3. Raise your fist.
4. Beat the Holy crud out of the thing, releasing all that built up frustration… Sigh…
5. Press the power button and see if it boots up.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 until you feel better or the server boots up.
I hope some of you can make use of these steps.