Cd-Rom Drive Or Dvd-Rom Drive Activity Light Does Not Light; Cannot Connect To A Server; Problems With Network - Intel S5000PSLSATA User Manual

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Are the fan power connectors properly connected to the server board?
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Is the cable from the control panel board connected to the both the control panel
board and to the server board?
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Are the power supply cables properly connected to the server board?
• Are there any shorted wires caused by pinched-cables or have power connector
plugs been forced into power connector sockets the wrong way?
CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not
Light
Check the following:
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Are the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive's power and signal cables properly installed?
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Are all relevant switches and jumpers on the drive set correctly?
• Is the drive properly configured?

Cannot Connect to a Server

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Make sure the network cable is securely attached to the correct connector at the
system back panel.
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Try a different network cable.
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Make sure you are using the correct and the current drivers. See
Information and Software"
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Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound.
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Make sure the hub port is configured for the same duplex mode as the network
controller.
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Make sure the correct networking software is installed.
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If you are directly connecting two servers (without a hub), you will need a crossover
cable.
• Check the network controller LEDs next to the NIC connectors.

Problems with Network

The server hangs when the drivers are loaded
• Certain drivers may require interrupts that are not shared with other PCI drivers. For
these drivers, it may be necessary to alter settings so that interrupts are not shared.
See the documentation that came with your PCI card(s) for information on changing
interrupts.
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for a link to the current drivers.
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