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Troubleshooting Your System
Dell™PowerEdge™SC1420SystemsInstallationandTroubleshootingGuide
Safety First—For You and Your System
Start-Up Routine
Opening the System
Closing the System
Checking the Equipment
Inside the System
Troubleshooting a Wet System
Troubleshooting a Damaged System
Troubleshooting the System Battery
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
Troubleshooting System Memory
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
Troubleshooting a CD Drive
Troubleshooting a SCSI Hard Drive
Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive in a RAID Configuration
Troubleshooting a RAID Controller Card
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
Troubleshooting the Processors
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Safety First—For You and Your System
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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.
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Start-Up Routine
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Look and listen during the system's start-up routine for the indications described in Table5-1.
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Table 5-1. Start-UpRoutineIndications
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Opening the System
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CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to open the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. See
your System Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against
electrostatic discharge.
Look/listen for:
Action
An error message displayed on the monitor.
See "System Messages" in "Indicators, Codes, and Messages."
A series of beeps emitted by the system.
See "System Beep Codes" in "Indicators, Codes, and Messages."
The monitor's power indicator.
See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem."
The keyboard indicators.
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard."
The diskette drive activity indicator.
See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive."
The CD drive activity indicator.
See "Troubleshooting a CD Drive."
The hard-drive activity indicator.
See "Troubleshooting a SCSI Hard Drive."
An unfamiliar constant scraping or grinding sound when you access a drive.
See "Getting Help."