Troubleshooting Your System; Safety First-For You And Your System; Start-Up Routine - Dell PowerEdge 1800 Installation And Troubleshooting 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 Indications
Look/listen for:
An error message displayed on the monitor. See "System Messages" in "Indicators, Codes, and
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.
Action
Messages."
See "System Beep Codes" in "Indicators, Codes, and
Messages."
See the systems management software documentation.
See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem."
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard."
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device."
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device."
See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive."
See "Troubleshooting a CD Drive."
See "Troubleshooting SCSI Hard Drives"
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