My DL320 server, which I use as my Windows Home Server and has been fantastic until now, wouldn't boot the other day and keep beeping madly, all because one of the 6 internal fans is broken. I have removed the fan and searched in vain for a replacement. It has a funny connector to the motherboard (the fans are attached in pairs, front to back, three across and each pair has a 7 pin connector to the board).
I have tried pressing key combinations and restarting with the fan connected to get the system working, but it wont boot without the fan connected. I cannot get into the BIOS to change the settings either (unless I am doing something wrong)
Does anyone have an idea how I can get around this? Either by getting a new fan, or fooling the system into not alarming and booting into Windows? There is still plently of air-flow and the fans never speed up during normal use so I am not concerned about over-heating.
Any help greatly appriciated!