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What brand/model is the server? Does it have any EISA slots on the motherboard? Older Compaq and IBM's used a EISA setup that would determine the boot confiuration by card. This allowed you to determine which controler had priority.

Can you boot your friends computer useing the same floppy? This would test the floppy itself. If it will then the floppy is ok and you would have a drive problem. Does the light come on on the floppy drive when you try to boot the system? Does the light come on and stay on during the boot...

Yes, you can add a different size rimm in the second slot as long as they are the same speed. Size doen't matter. Rimms must have both slots populated in order to work and the c-rimm in slot two makes the second one populated. It just fills the second slot and allows continuity for the memory...

Dont over look the video card in cases like this. When windows starts the boot proces it is using standard vga. Part way through the process it changes to the video settings you have established and starts using the drivers for the video card. So a bad video card or drivers can cause the...

Assuming you are going to use the 120 gig drives for data only and that the os is on the initial raid card. Try using a third party software such as partion magic to change the status of the primary partions on the ide drives to inactive (just not active)this should cause the boot to fail from...