Subscriber's choice ........................................................................................................................ 33
Embedded SATA RAID feature .................................................................................................................. 33
Creating a RAID volume ................................................................................................................. 33
Required hardware ........................................................................................................................ 34
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 37
Pre-diagnostic steps ................................................................................................................................. 37
Important safety information ............................................................................................................ 37
Symptom information ..................................................................................................................... 39
Common problem resolution ........................................................................................................... 41
Troubleshooting flowcharts ....................................................................................................................... 43
Start diagnosis flowchart ................................................................................................................ 43
General diagnosis flowchart ........................................................................................................... 44
Power-on problems flowchart .......................................................................................................... 46
POST problems flowchart ............................................................................................................... 47
OS boot problems flowchart ........................................................................................................... 49
Hardware problems ................................................................................................................................. 51
Power problems ............................................................................................................................ 52
General hardware problems ........................................................................................................... 53
Internal system problems ................................................................................................................. 56
External device problems ................................................................................................................ 62
Network controller problems ........................................................................................................... 64
Software problems .................................................................................................................................. 65
Operating system problems ............................................................................................................ 65
Operating system updates .............................................................................................................. 66
Linux operating systems .................................................................................................................. 67
Firmware maintenance ............................................................................................................................. 68
Types of ROM ............................................................................................................................... 68
Current firmware versions ............................................................................................................... 69
Updating firmware ........................................................................................................................ 69
Drivers ......................................................................................................................................... 70
Battery replacement .................................................................................................................... 72
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