Verifying Proper Operation Of Key System Lights; Confirming Loading Of The Operating System; Specific Problems And Corrective Actions; Power Light Does Not Light - Intel S5000PSLSATA User Manual

3. Make sure your video display monitor and keyboard are correctly connected to the
system. Turn on the video monitor. Set its brightness and contrast controls to at
least two thirds of their maximum ranges (see the documentation supplied with
your video display monitor).
4. If the operating system normally loads from the hard disk drive, make sure there is
no diskette in drive A and no CD-ROM disk in the CD-ROM drive.
5. If the power LED does light, attempt to boot from a CD-ROM disk.
6. Turn on the system. If the power LED does not light, see
Light".

Verifying Proper Operation of Key System Lights

As POST determines the system configuration, it tests for the presence of each mass
storage device installed in the system. As each device is checked, its activity light should
turn on briefly. Check for the following:
•
Does the diskette drive activity light turn on briefly? If not, see
DVD-ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not
• If system LEDs are illuminated, see
CD-ROM to be the first bootable device."
take to correct the problem.

Confirming Loading of the Operating System

Once the system boots up, the operating system prompt appears on the screen. The prompt
varies according to the operating system. If the operating system prompt does not appear,
see "No Characters Appear on

Specific Problems and Corrective Actions

This section provides possible solutions for these specific problems:
•

Power light does not light.

•
No characters appear on screen.
•
Characters on the screen appear distorted or incorrect.
•
System cooling fans do not rotate.
•
Diskette drive activity light does not light.
•
Hard disk drive activity light does not light.
•
CD-ROM drive activity light does not light.
•
There are problems with application software.
• The bootable CD-ROM is not detected.
®
Intel Server Board S5000VSA User's Guide
Light".
"Make sure the BIOS is configured to allow the
for a description of the light and steps to
Screen".
"Power Light Does Not
"CD-ROM Drive or
43