Troubleshooting Your System; Safety First-For You And Your System; Start-Up Routine - Dell PowerEdge 860 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:
Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of
the components inside the system. Before performing any procedure, see your Product 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 4-1.
Table 4-1. Start-Up Routine Indications
Look/listen for:
An error message displayed on the
monitor.
System status and diagnostic indicators
Alert messages from the systems
management software.
The monitor's power indicator.
The keyboard indicators.
The USB diskette drive activity indicator. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 83.
The USB CD drive activity indicator.
The optical drive activity indicator.
The hard-drive activity indicator.
An unfamiliar constant scraping or
grinding sound when you access a drive.
Action
See "System Messages" on page 15.
See "Front-Panel Features and Indicators" on page 11 and
"Diagnostics Indicator Codes" on page 22.
See the systems management software documentation.
See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem" on page 81.
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on page 81.
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 83.
See "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 89.
See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 90.
See "Getting Help" on page 103
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