Document Outline

• Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
• Introduction
  • Other Documents You May Need
  • Obtaining Technical Assistance
• Indicators, Codes, and Messages
  • Front-Panel Indicators and Features
    • System Status Indicators
  • Back-Panel Indicators and Features
  • Power Indicator Codes
  • SCSI Hard-Drive Indicator Codes
  • NIC Indicator Codes
  • System Messages
  • System Beep Codes
  • Warning Messages
  • Diagnostics Messages
  • Alert Messages
• Finding Software Solutions
  • Before You Begin
  • Troubleshooting Errors and Conflicts
    • Input Errors
    • Application Conflicts
    • IRQ Assignment Conflicts
• Running System Diagnostics
  • Using Server Administrator Diagnostics
  • System Diagnostics Features
  • When to Use the System Diagnostics
  • Running the System Diagnostics
    • From the Utility Partition
    • From the Diagnostics Diskettes
  • System Diagnostics Testing Options
  • Using the Advanced Testing Options
  • Error Messages
• Troubleshooting Your System
  • Safety First-For You and Your System
  • Start-Up Routine
  • Checking the Equipment
  • Troubleshooting External Connections
    • Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
  • Troubleshooting the Keyboard
  • Troubleshooting the Mouse
  • Troubleshooting Basic I/O Functions
    • Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
    • Troubleshooting a USB Device
  • Troubleshooting a NIC
  • Responding to a Systems Management Software Alert Message
  • Inside the System
  • Bezel
    • Removing the Bezel
    • Installing the Bezel
    • Stabilizing the Tower System
  • System Cover
    • Opening the System
    • Closing the System
  • Baffle/Back Fan Assembly
    • Removing the Baffle/Back Fan Assembly
    • Installing the Baffle/Back Fan Assembly
  • Troubleshooting a Wet System
  • Troubleshooting a Damaged System
  • Troubleshooting the System Battery
  • Troubleshooting Power Supplies
  • Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
    • Troubleshooting a Fan
  • Troubleshooting System Memory
  • Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
  • Troubleshooting a CD Drive
  • Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive
  • Troubleshooting SCSI Hard Drives
    • Troubleshooting a SCSI Hard Drive (System With a SCSI Backplane)
  • Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives
    • Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive
    • Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive in a RAID Configuration
  • Troubleshooting a RAID Controller Card
  • Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
  • Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
• Installing System Options
  • System Fans
    • Removing the Front System Fan
    • Installing the Front System Fan
  • Redundant Power Supplies
    • Removing a Redundant Power Supply
    • Installing a Redundant Power Supply
  • Expansion Cards
    • Installing an Expansion Card
    • Removing an Expansion Card
  • System Memory
    • General Memory Module Installation Guidelines
    • Installing Memory Modules
    • Removing Memory Modules
  • Processors
  • System Battery
    • Replacing the System Battery
  • Control Panel
    • Removing the Control Panel
    • Installing the Control Panel
• Installing Drives
  • Connecting Drives
    • Interface Cables
    • Drive Cable Configurations
    • DC Power Cables
  • IDE Configuration Information
  • SATA Configuration Information
  • SCSI Configuration Information
    • SCSI Interface Cables
    • SCSI ID Numbers
    • Device Termination
  • Configuring the Boot Drive
  • Diskette Drive
    • Removing a Diskette Drive
    • Installing a Diskette Drive
  • Front-Panel Drive Inserts
    • Removing the Front-Panel Drive Inserts
    • Installing the Front-Panel Drive Inserts
  • 5.25-Inch Drives
    • Installing a 5.25-Inch Drive
  • Hard Drives
    • General Installation Guidelines
    • Installing and Removing SATA Hard Drives
    • Installing and Removing Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drives
  • Installing a RAID Controller Card
• Getting Help
  • Technical Assistance
    • Online Services
    • AutoTech Service
    • Automated Order-Status Service
    • Technical Support Service
  • Dell Enterprise Training and Certification
  • Problems With Your Order
  • Product Information
  • Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit
  • Before You Call
  • Contacting Dell
  • Jumpers-A General Explanation
    • Jumpers
  • System Board Jumpers
  • System Board Connectors
  • Disabling a Forgotten Password
  • I/O Connectors
  • Serial Connector
    • Serial Connector Autoconfiguration
  • Parallel Connector
  • PS/2-Compatible Keyboard and Mouse Connectors
  • Video Connector
  • USB Connector
  • Integrated NIC Connector
  • Network Cable Requirements