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Troubleshooting Your System

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 700 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Safety First—For You and Your System
Start-Up Routine
Checking the Equipment
Responding to a Systems Management Software Alert Message
Bezel
System Cover
Inside the System
Troubleshooting a Wet System
Troubleshooting a Damaged System
Troubleshooting the System Battery
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.
Always follow the instructions closely, and ensure that you review all information in "Safety Instructions" in the System Information Guide.
CAUTION: See your System Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting
against electrostatic discharge.
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 Indications
Look/listen for:
An error message displayed on the monitor.
A series of beeps emitted by the system.
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.
Checking the Equipment
This section provides troubleshooting procedures for external devices attached to the system, such as the monitor, keyboard, or mouse. Before you perform
any of the procedures, see "Troubleshooting External Connections."
Troubleshooting External Connections
Troubleshooting the Power Supply
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
Troubleshooting System Memory
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
Troubleshooting a CD, DVD, or CD-RW/DVD Drive
Troubleshooting SCSI Hard Drives
Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
Troubleshooting the Processor
Action
See "System Messages" in "Indicators and
See "System Beep Codes" in
See the systems management software documentation.
See "Troubleshooting the Video
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard."
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device."
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device."
See "Troubleshooting a Diskette
See "Troubleshooting a CD, DVD, or CD-RW/DVD
See "Troubleshooting SCSI Hard
Drives
See "Getting Help."
Codes."
"Indicators and Codes."
Subsystem."
Drive."
Drive."
Drives" and "Troubleshooting SATA Hard