Siemens SIMATIC PANEL PC 877 Operating Instructions Manual page 7

11 Functions .............................................................................................................................................. 11-1
11.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................. 11-1
11.2 Safecard on Motherboard (SOM)............................................................................................. 11-2
11.3 Temperature monitoring........................................................................................................... 11-4
11.4 Watchdog (WD)........................................................................................................................ 11-5
11.5 Fan monitoring ......................................................................................................................... 11-6
12 Maintenance and service...................................................................................................................... 12-1
12.1 Servicing .................................................................................................................................. 12-1
12.2 Replacement parts................................................................................................................... 12-3
12.3 Separating the control unit from the computer unit.................................................................. 12-4
12.4 Installing and removing hardware components ....................................................................... 12-7
12.4.1 Repairs..................................................................................................................................... 12-7
12.4.2 Open the device....................................................................................................................... 12-8
12.4.3 Installing and removing memory modules ............................................................................. 12-10
12.4.4 Installing PCI / AT cards ........................................................................................................ 12-12
12.4.4.1 Notes on the modules ............................................................................................................ 12-12
12.4.4.2 Installing / removing expansion modules............................................................................... 12-13
12.4.4.3 Exchanging the RAID controller PCI card.............................................................................. 12-15
12.4.5 Disk drives.............................................................................................................................. 12-16
12.4.5.1 Options of installing disk drives.............................................................................................. 12-16
12.4.5.2 Installing / removing a drive bay ............................................................................................ 12-18
12.4.5.3 Removing and installing an optical drive ............................................................................... 12-21
12.4.5.4 Removing and installing a 3.5" hard disk............................................................................... 12-24
12.4.6 Replacing the backup battery ................................................................................................ 12-25
12.4.7 Removing/Installing the Power Supply .................................................................................. 12-27
12.5 Installing Software.................................................................................................................. 12-29
12.5.1 General installation procedure ............................................................................................... 12-29
12.5.2 Setting up the partitions for Windows operating systems...................................................... 12-30
12.5.3 Compatibility of the Restore DVD .......................................................................................... 12-32
12.5.4 Restoring the factory state of the software using the Restore DVD ...................................... 12-33
12.5.5 Installing Microsoft Windows operating systems ................................................................... 12-35
12.5.5.1 Operating system not installed............................................................................................... 12-35
12.5.5.2 Booting from the Recovery CD .............................................................................................. 12-36
12.5.5.3 Installing the Microsoft Windows operating system (not for RAID)........................................ 12-37
12.5.5.4 Installing the Microsoft Windows operating system (for RAID).............................................. 12-38
12.5.6 Installing individual drivers ..................................................................................................... 12-39
12.5.7 Operation of two hard disks ................................................................................................... 12-40
12.5.7.1 2 HDD system ........................................................................................................................ 12-40
12.5.7.2 RAID system with Promise Fast Track Controller TX2300.................................................... 12-41
12.5.7.3 Installing the RAID Controller software.................................................................................. 12-44
12.5.8 Installing burner and DVD software ....................................................................................... 12-45
12.5.9 Backing up the hard disk........................................................................................................ 12-46
13 Alarm, error and system messages ...................................................................................................... 13-1
13.1 Boot error messages................................................................................................................ 13-1
13.2 Introduction to the BIOS beep codes....................................................................................... 13-3
13.3 BIOS beep codes..................................................................................................................... 13-5
SIMATIC Panel PC 877
Operating instructions, Release 07/2006, A5E00877780-01
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