Troubleshooting your system, Safety first—for you and your system, Start-up routine – Dell PowerEdge 850 User Manual

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Troubleshooting Your System

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 850 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

  

Safety First—For You and Your System

  

Start-Up Routine

  

Checking the Equipment

  

Responding to a Systems Management Software Alert Message 

  

Inside the System

  

Opening the System

  

Closing the System

  

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 SCSI Hard Drives

  

Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives

  

Troubleshooting a RAID Controller Card

  

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards

  

Troubleshooting the Microprocessor

 

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.

 

 

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 

 

Checking the Equipment

This section provides troubleshooting procedures for external devices attached to the system, such as the monitor, keyboard, or mouse. Before you perform
any of the procedures, see "

Troubleshooting External Connections

."

 

Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts

Most PCI devices can share an IRQ with another device, but they cannot use an IRQ simultaneously. To avoid this type of conflict, see the documentation for

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.

 

Look/listen for:

 

Action

An error message displayed on the monitor.

See "

System Messages

" in "Indicators, Messages, and Codes."

A series of beeps emitted by the system.

See "

System Beep Codes

" in "Indicators, Messages, and Codes."

Alert messages from the systems management software.

See the systems management software documentation.

The monitor's power indicator.

See "

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem

."

The keyboard indicators.

See "

Troubleshooting the Keyboard

."

The USB diskette drive activity indicator.

See "

Troubleshooting a USB Device

."

The USB CD drive activity indicator.

See "

Troubleshooting a USB Device

."

The optical drive activity indicator.

See "

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive

."

The hard-drive activity indicator.

See "

Troubleshooting SCSI Hard Drives

."

An unfamiliar constant scraping or grinding sound when you access a drive. See "

Getting Help

."

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