Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Opening and Closing the System
- Cooling Shroud
- System Battery
- Optical Drive
- Configuring the Boot Drive
- Hard Drives
- Installing a SAS Controller Card
- Fan Assembly
- Optional PCI Fan Assembly
- Power Supply
- Expansion Cards
- Riser Card
- System Memory
- Processor
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Responding to a Systems Management Software Alert Message
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting the Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
Troubleshooting Your System 97
Troubleshooting Your System
Safety First—For You and Your System
To perform certain procedures in this document, you must remove the system
cover and work inside the system. While working inside the system, do not
attempt to service the system except as explained in this guide and elsewhere in
your system documentation.
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system
cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before performing any
procedure, see your Product Information Guide for complete information about
safety precautions, working inside the computer and protecting against
electrostatic discharge.
Start-Up Routine
Look and listen during the system's start-up routine for the indications
described in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1. Start-Up Routine Indications
Look/listen for: Action
An error message displayed on the
monitor.
See "System Messages" on page 19.
System status and diagnostic
indicators
See "Front-Panel Features and Indicators" on
page 13 and "Diagnostics Indicator Codes" on
page 29.
Alert messages from the systems
management software.
See the systems management software
documentation.
The monitor's power indicator. See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem"
on page 99.
The keyboard indicators. See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on
page 100.
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