Troubleshooting Your System; Safety First-For You And Your System; Start-Up Routine - Dell PowerEdge 1900 Systems Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting Your 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.
CAUTION:
Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online
or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered
by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.

Start-Up Routine

Look and listen during the system's start-up routine for the indications described in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1. Start-Up Routine Indications
Look/listen for:
A status or error message displayed on the front-panel
LCD.
An error message displayed on the monitor.
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.
Action
See "LCD Status Messages" on page 16.
See "System Messages" on page 23.
See the systems management software
documentation.
See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem" on
page 109.
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on page 109.
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 111.
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 111.
See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 118.
See "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 119.
See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 121.
See "Getting Help" on page 137.
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