Dell PowerEdge 4300 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual page 28

2-6 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
An error message
Alert messages from the Dell
OpenManage HIP software
The monitor's power indicator
The keyboard indicators
The diskette-drive access indicator
The hard-disk drive activity
indicators
A series of beeps
An unfamiliar constant scraping or
grinding sound when you access
a drive
The absence of a familiar sound
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the abbreviations and
acronyms list that precedes the Index.
See Chapter 3, "Messages and Codes."
The server management software has
detected a problem inside the computer.
See "Alert Log Messages From the Dell
OpenManage HIP Application" in Chapter 3.
Most monitors have a power indicator (usu-
ally on the front bezel). If the monitor's
power indicator does not come on, see
"Troubleshooting the Monitor" in Chapter 6.
Most keyboards have one or more indicators
(usually in the upper-right corner). Press the
<Num Lock> key, the <Caps Lock> key, or the
<Scroll Lock> key to toggle their respective
keyboard indicators on and off. If the indica-
tors do not light up, see "Troubleshooting
the Keyboard" in Chapter 6.
The diskette-drive access indicator should
quickly flash on and off when you access
data on the diskette drive. If the diskette-
drive access indicator does not light up, see
"Troubleshooting the Diskette Drive Sub-
system" in Chapter 7 .
The hard-disk drive activity indicators should
quickly flash on and off when you access data
on the hard-disk drives. On a system running
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the Microsoft Windows NT
system, you can test the drive by opening
Windows Explorer and clicking the icon for
drive C. If the hard-disk drive access indicator
does not come on, see "Troubleshooting
SCSI Hard-Disk Drives" in Chapter 7 .
See Chapter 3, "Messages and Codes."
Make sure the sound is not caused by the
application you are running. The sound could
be caused by a hardware malfunction. See
Chapter 11, "Getting Help," for instructions
on obtaining technical assistance from Dell.
When you turn on the system, you should
hear the hard-disk drives spin up, and the
system try to access the start-up files from
the hard-disk drive, the diskette drive, or the
CD-ROM drive. See Chapter 5, "Running the
Dell Diagnostics." If the system does not
boot, see Chapter 11, "Getting Help."
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