Troubleshooting Your System - Dell PowerEdge 1750 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

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Troubleshooting
Your System
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1750 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Safety First—For You and Your System
Checking the Equipment
Start-Up Routine
Troubleshooting External Connections
Responding to a Systems Management Software Alert
Message
Inside the System
Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel
Opening the System Covers
Closing the System Covers
Troubleshooting a Wet System
Troubleshooting a Damaged System
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.
Always follow the instructions closely, and ensure that you review all information in "Safety Instructions" in the System Information Guide.
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. See
your System Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against
electrostatic discharge.
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
Start-Up Routine
Look and listen during the system's start-up routine for the indications described in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1. Start-Up Routine Indications
Look/listen for:
System status indicator activity (on the optional front bezel or on the front panel)
that indicates a system component problem.
An error message displayed on the monitor.
A series of beeps emitted by the system.
Alert messages from the systems management software.
The monitor's power indicator.
The keyboard indicators.
The USB diskette drive activity indicator.
The USB CD drive activity indicator.
The diskette drive activity indicator.
The CD drive activity indicator.
The hard-drive activity indicator.
An unfamiliar constant scraping or grinding sound when you access a drive.
Troubleshooting External Connections
Troubleshooting the System Battery
Troubleshooting Power Supplies
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
Troubleshooting System Memory
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
Troubleshooting a CD Drive
Troubleshooting SCSI Hard Drives
Troubleshooting an Optional Integrated RAID Controller
(ROMB Card)
Troubleshooting a RAID Controller Card
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
Connections."
Action
See
"Indicators, Messages, and Codes."
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See the systems management software documentation.
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"Indicators on the Optional Bezel" or
"System Messages" in "Indicators, Codes, and Messages."
"System Beep Codes" in "Indicators, Codes, and Messages."
"Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem."
"Troubleshooting the Keyboard."
"Troubleshooting a USB Device."
"Troubleshooting a USB Device."
"Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive."
"Troubleshooting a CD Drive."
"Troubleshooting SCSI Hard Drives."
"Getting Help."
"Front-Panel Features" in