Owners Manual

4 Troubleshooting Your System...............................................................................................125
Safety First—For You And Your System............................................................................................................... 125
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure.............................................................................................................. 125
Troubleshooting External Connections.................................................................................................................125
Troubleshooting The Video Subsystem................................................................................................................125
Troubleshooting A USB Device............................................................................................................................ 125
Troubleshooting A Serial I/O Device.................................................................................................................... 126
Troubleshooting A NIC..........................................................................................................................................126
Troubleshooting A Wet System............................................................................................................................126
Troubleshooting A Damaged System................................................................................................................... 127
Troubleshooting The System Battery................................................................................................................... 128
Troubleshooting Power Supplies..........................................................................................................................128
Troubleshooting Cooling Problems.......................................................................................................................128
Troubleshooting Cooling Fans.............................................................................................................................. 129
Troubleshooting System Memory.........................................................................................................................129
Troubleshooting An Internal USB Key..................................................................................................................130
Troubleshooting An SD Card................................................................................................................................ 130
Troubleshooting An Optical Drive.........................................................................................................................131
Troubleshooting A Hard Drive.............................................................................................................................. 131
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards........................................................................................................................132
Troubleshooting Processors.................................................................................................................................132
5 Using System Diagnostics.....................................................................................................133
Dell Online Diagnostics.........................................................................................................................................133
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics.....................................................................................................................133
When To Use The Embedded System Diagnostics........................................................................................133
Running The Embedded System Diagnostics.................................................................................................133
System Diagnostic Controls........................................................................................................................... 134
6 Jumpers And Connectors......................................................................................................135
System Board Jumper Settings............................................................................................................................135
System Board Connectors....................................................................................................................................136
Disabling A Forgotten Password.......................................................................................................................... 138
7 Technical Specifications....................................................................................................... 139
8 System Messages...................................................................................................................145
LCD Messages......................................................................................................................................................145
Viewing LCD Messages................................................................................................................................. 145
Removing LCD Messages...............................................................................................................................145
System Error Messages........................................................................................................................................145