Troubleshooting Your System; Safety First-For You And Your System; Start-Up Routine - Dell PowerEdge M605 Hardware 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 5-1.
Table 5-1. Start-Up Routine Indicators
Look/listen for:
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 optical drive activity
indicator
The hard-drive activity indicator
Action
See "System Messages" on page 66.
See the systems management software
documentation.
See "Troubleshooting Video" on page 180.
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on
page 181.
See "Troubleshooting USB Devices" on
page 183.
See "Troubleshooting USB Devices" on
page 183.
See "Troubleshooting Hard Drives" on page 192.
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