Table Of Contents - IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6225 Hardware Maintenance Manual And Troubleshooting Manual

Contents
About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Server controls, connectors, and LEDs
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Configuring the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuration programs and capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 3. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
POST error log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Small computer system interface (SCSI) messages (some models) . . . . . . 11
Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PC-Doctor for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Error symptoms
Recovering your operating system and preinstalled software . . . . . . . . 15
Creating and using an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the recovery-repair diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . 20
Updating BIOS code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Clearing hardware option conflicts and saving option ROM space . . . . . . 24
Power checkout
Troubleshooting the Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4. Customer replacement units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Major components of the IntelliStation M Pro Types 6225 and 6228 . . . . . 31
Side cover
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Turning on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Turning off the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Starting the diagnostic programs and viewing the test log . . . . . . . . 13
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Recovering the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recovering or installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Windows . . . . . . . 19
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Red Hat Linux . . . . . 19
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Network connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Ethernet controller troubleshooting chart
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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