Troubleshooting, Problems and suggested solutions – Acer Altos G320 Series User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Problems and suggested solutions

The following table describes possible problems you might encounter
while using the CU, along with suggested solutions.

Problem

Suggested solution

Drives are not detected

or

The system hangs when
the adapter ROM for the
embedded SATA software
RAID scans the SATA
ports.

• Make sure that the cable ends are connected

properly.

• Make sure that the power cables to the

drives are connected properly.

• Change the cables.

• If everything fails, change the drive(s).

Operating system does
not boot.

• Check the system BIOS configuration for PCI

interrupt assignments. Make sure some
interrupts are assigned for PCI.

• Make sure that you have properly selected

the Boot Device Priority in the BIOS setup.
See “Boot” on page 67 for more
information.

An error occurs while
reading the
configuration data on a
drive.

The drive has failed and needs to be replaced.

There is no existing RAID
configuration on any of
the drives connected to
the system and the
message “Intel
Embedded Server RAID
Technology Not
Configured” displays.

Do the following:

1 Run the RAID configuration utility. See

“Start the RAID configuration utility” on
page 106 for detail
ed instructions.

2 Select a configuration method to configure

the drive(s).

BIOS reports a mirrored
array is in degraded
mode.

• Make sure all drives are properly connected

and powered on.

• Reconnect, replace, or rebuild any drive that

has failed.

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