How This Book Is Organized
Preface
This service manual describes how to troubleshoot problems and replace parts
™
in the SPARCstation
system end-users (with experience replacing hardware and troubleshooting),
system administrators, or qualified service providers should use this book.
This book is divided into seven parts. A table, at the beginning of each part,
lists the chapters, sections, and page numbers.
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Part 1, "System Information," provides an overview of the SPARCstation 5
standard features, internal options, and external options.
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Part 2, "Troubleshooting," provides a troubleshooting overview, describes
how to run and troubleshoot errors displayed during the Power-On Self-Test
(POST), and presents symptoms and corrective actions.
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Part 3, "Preparing for Service," explains safety requirements, symbols used
in this book, tools required, and how to shut down, power off, and power
on the system.
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Part 4, "Subassembly Removal and Replacement," describes how to open
and close the system, attach and remove a wrist strap, and remove and
replace subassemblies.
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Part 5, "System Board," provides an overview of the system board,
describes how to remove and replace the system board and replaceable
parts and components on the system board.
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