Troubleshooting Your System; Safety First-For You And Your System; Start-Up Routine - Dell 8 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting Your System

Safety First—For You and Your System
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 105.
See the systems management software
documentation.
See "Troubleshooting Video" on page 288.
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on
page 289.
See "Troubleshooting USB Devices" on
page 290.
See "Troubleshooting USB Devices" on
page 290.
See "Troubleshooting Hard Drives" on page 298.
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