Story–
Bought a Server Pure a couple years ago, have kept it and services up to date, made backups from Start9 to local Linux computer, running pretty much 24/7 except for minor interruptions (power outage, reboot, etc.) for many months.
Yesterday my brother switched of the electrical breaker for part of the house that includes the Start9 server and the Asus Wifi router, to work on a three way wall switch. He flipped the breaker back on about 20 minutes later, and the ISP modem and Asus router rebooted (as happens sometimes with local power outages), but noticed a few minutes later that although the Start9 server was running, it’s fan was continuously at maximum-power without cycling.
What I did–
Checked whether I could log in (from main Linux computer) to the .local address of Start9 server: no. So logged into router’s admin: Start9 server did not appear in router’s list of attached clients. Tried another ethernet cable between Start9 server and router, power-cycled Start9 server: still no entry in router’s client list. Turned off both router and server, allowed router to reboot first, then turned on Start9 server. Fan at maximum in server, with still did not appear in the router’s list of attached clients (all other clients (ethernet and Wifi) were working normally). Moved ethernet cable from server to a different router port: no effect; same issue.
Moved Start9 server and its power supply to my computer room to plug monitor and keyboard into Start9 Pure; HDMI cable from monitor to “HD” port on Server Pure, USB-C cable between keyboard and USB-C port on Server Pure. Pressed power button on Pure server: fan immediately turned to maximum speed, no video output to monitor. Turned server off (long-press of power button), then turned back on and pressed Escape key on keyboard repeatedly to try to see server firmware page on monitor: nothing. Tried same thing several more times with same (no) result.
Downloaded Start OS for Server pure, made a bootable USB drive with it. plugged it into high-speed (blue) USB-A port on Server Pure, turned on power to see if server would boot from disk: loud fan, but no video on monitor. Tried several more times using different USB ports on server and combinations of power-cycling with server power button and/or power-supply/adapter: same (no) result.
Downloaded Server Pure firmware to put on USB disk, to try to reinstall firmware. Tried different USB ports on server, all attempts failed: fan at maximum, no video to monitor, fast-repeating of ESC key did not bring up firmware menu.
So, at this point at least temporarily out of ideas. The Server Pure has worked well for these last many months since purchase, but may be–appears to be–dead at this point, unless I can figure out something else to try or get any suggestions.