Owner`s manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Opening the System
- Closing the System
- Front Drive Bezel
- Removing and Inserting Blank Drive Inserts
- Diskette Drive
- Optical and Tape Drives
- Hard Drives
- Expansion Cards
- Memory
- Microprocessor
- Cooling Fans
- System Battery
- Power Supply
- Chassis Intrusion Switch
- Bezel
- I/O Panel Assembly
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting the Keyboard or Mouse
- Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
Troubleshooting Your System 121
If the problem persists, continue with the following steps.
11
Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system
from its electrical outlet.
12
Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 47.
13
Remove all expansion cards installed in the system. See "Removing an
Expansion Card" on page 70.
14
Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 47.
15
Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and
attached peripherals.
16
Run the appropriate online diagnostic test to see whether the diskette
drive works correctly.
If the tests run successfully, an expansion card may be conflicting with the
diskette drive logic, or an expansion card may be faulty. Continue to the
next step.
If the tests fail,
see
"Getting Help" on page 141
.
17
Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system
from the electrical outlet.
18
Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 47.
19
Reinstall one of the expansion cards you removed in step 13. See
"Installing an Expansion Card" on page 73.
20
Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 47.
21
Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and
attached peripherals.
22
Run the appropriate online diagnostic test to see whether the diskette
drive works correctly.
23
Repeat step 17 through step 22 until all expansion cards are reinstalled or
one of the expansion cards causes the tests to fail.
If the problem is not resolved,
see
"Getting Help" on page 141
.
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