General hardware problems ....................................................................................................................... 40
Problems with new hardware ............................................................................................................ 40
Unknown problem ............................................................................................................................ 41
Third-party device problems .............................................................................................................. 41
Internal system problems ............................................................................................................................. 42
Battery pack problems ...................................................................................................................... 42
Diskette drive problems ..................................................................................................................... 43
SD card problems ............................................................................................................................ 46
USB drive key problems .................................................................................................................... 47
Fan problems ................................................................................................................................... 47
Memory problems ............................................................................................................................ 49
PPM problems .................................................................................................................................. 51
Processor problems .......................................................................................................................... 51
Tape drive problems ......................................................................................................................... 52
External device problems ............................................................................................................................ 54
Video problems................................................................................................................................ 54
Mouse and keyboard problems ......................................................................................................... 55
Audio problems ............................................................................................................................... 56
Printer problems ............................................................................................................................... 56
Cable problems ............................................................................................................................... 56
Local I/O cable problems ................................................................................................................. 56
Modem problems ............................................................................................................................. 57
Network controller problems ............................................................................................................. 59
Expansion board problems................................................................................................................ 60
Software problems ...................................................................................................................... 61
Operating system problems ............................................................................................................... 61
Operating system updates ................................................................................................................. 62
Linux operating systems .................................................................................................................... 64
Application software problems .................................................................................................................... 64
Software locks up ............................................................................................................................. 64
ROM problems .......................................................................................................................................... 65
Remote ROM flash problems ............................................................................................................. 65
Boot problems .................................................................................................................................. 66
Configuration tools ..................................................................................................................................... 68
SmartStart software .......................................................................................................................... 68
HP ROM-Based Setup Utility .............................................................................................................. 68
Array Configuration Utility ................................................................................................................ 71
Management tools...................................................................................................................................... 73
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