selview hangs in server 2008 r2

[idata]

hey , having some problems here. both selview and syscfg from intel hang up in server 2008 r2, I have 6 machines and it hangs on all of them.

event log reports:

Faulting application name: syscfg.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4bfe0ab0

Faulting module name: EfiVar.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4bfe0a24Exception code: 0xc0000005Fault offset: 0x00004166Faulting process id: 0x94cFaulting application start time: 0x01cbf0afb52d85e8Faulting application path: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\S5500_Windows_4_2\Windows_SYSCFG_V501_B25\SysCfgRelease\syscfg.exeFaulting module path: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\S5500_Windows_4_2\Windows_SYSCFG_V501_B25\SysCfgRelease\EfiVar.dllReport Id: f2ded50b-5ca2-11e0-a5d3-001517de9139

and

Faulting application name: Selview.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4bf53304

Faulting module name: msipmi.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4a3e42e4Exception code: 0xc0000005Fault offset: 0x00000000000020d3Faulting process id: 0x7c8Faulting application start time: 0x01cbf0afe454d653Faulting application path: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\S5500_Windows_4_2\Windows_SELVIEWER_V201_B19\x64\Selview.exeFaulting module path: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\S5500_Windows_4_2\Windows_SELVIEWER_V201_B19\x64\msipmi.dllReport Id: 22277fc4-5ca3-11e0-a5d3-001517de9139

any idea how to fix or is there any other way beside this and ASC to view and clear bmc/bios logs?

[Edward_Z_Intel]

Which server board are you using? Did you get the IPMI driver installed properly? (run install.cmd under InstallationEM64T folder, and you should see "Intel Intelligent Management Bus Driver V13.9" in device manager)

[DSilv11]

That is a strange one. Never had any issues with SELVIEW or SYSCFG loading.

They both use the IMBDVR so my guess would be that the driver did not get installed correctly somehow,

Try a driver reinstall by opening a command window and navagating to C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\S5500_Windows_4_2\Windows_SYSCFG_V501_B25\InstallationEM64T

then run C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\S5500_Windows_4_2\Windows_SYSCFG_V501_B25\InstallationEM64T\ Install.cmd \

(Don't forget the slash at the end to tell it the files are in this directory)

Option B:

Down load the EFI Uttility package http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18317&lang=eng http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18317&lang=eng

extract to USB key

reboot system & press F6 for boot menu

Select EFI

mount USB fob (FS0: most likley)

run SELVIEW from fob.

Option C

Yes, any IPMI tool can be configured to access and clear the SEL log, but it is a lot more work to explain than the first 2 options.

[idata]

hmz, syscfg now works.

the problem is with selview, because when I try to install the driver I get:

"MSIPMI Driver detected. Skipping IMBDRV installation"

so my guess is that ms somehow installed some generic driver that isn't working very well the problem is I fail to find the ms name for it to uninstall ?

[idata]

hey I managed to fix it, uinstalled ms generic driver and reinstalled intel and works fine thank you for your response sir helped me alot.

[idata]

Paul,

I'm up against the same error. Can you provide some command line details on how you resolved it?

Thanks,

Bill

[idata]

Hello, just said. I uninstalled the microsoft generic impi driver. do not reboot, go then and install the impi driver prior using sel view and it will work