Diagnostic Text Messages - Lenovo ThinkServer RD120 Hardware Maintenance Manual

v The server contains SATA or IDE hard disk drives.
For help with the diagnostic programs, press F1. You also can press F1 from within
a help screen to obtain online documentation from which you can select different
categories. To exit from the help information, press Esc.
To determine what action you should take as a result of a diagnostic text message
or error code, see the table in "Diagnostic error codes" on page 170.
If the diagnostic programs do not detect any hardware errors but the problem
remains during normal server operations, a software error might be the cause. If
you suspect a software problem, see the information that comes with your software.
A single problem might cause more than one error message. When this happens,
correct the cause of the first error message. The other error messages usually will
not occur the next time you run the diagnostic programs.
Exception: If there are multiple error codes or diagnostics LEDs that indicate a
microprocessor error, the error might be in a microprocessor or in a microprocessor
socket. See "Microprocessor problems" on page 152 for information about
diagnosing microprocessor problems.
If the server stops during testing and you cannot continue, restart the server and try
running the diagnostic programs again. If the problem remains, replace the
component that was being tested when the server stopped.
The keyboard and mouse (pointing device) tests assume that a keyboard and
mouse are attached to the server. If no mouse is attached to the server, you cannot
use the Next Cat and Prev Cat buttons to select categories. All other
mouse-selectable functions are available through function keys. You can use the
regular keyboard test to test a USB keyboard, and you can use the regular mouse
test to test a USB mouse.
To view server configuration information (such as system configuration, memory
contents, interrupt request (IRQ) use, direct memory access (DMA) use, device
drivers, and so on), select Hardware Info from the top of the screen.

Diagnostic text messages

Diagnostic text messages are displayed while the tests are running. A diagnostic
text message contains one of the following results:
Passed: The test was completed without any errors.
Failed: The test detected an error.
User Aborted: You stopped the test before it was completed.
Not Applicable: You attempted to test a device that is not present in the server.
Aborted: The test could not proceed because of the server configuration.
Warning: The test could not be run. There was no failure of the hardware that was
being tested, but there might be a hardware failure elsewhere, or another problem
prevented the test from running; for example, there might be a configuration
problem, or the hardware might be missing or is not being recognized.
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Chapter 5. Diagnostics