Table Of Contents - IBM IntelliStation M Pro 9229 Installation Manual

Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IntelliStation Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Selecting a location for the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Arranging the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Controls, LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Cabling and starting the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cabling the computer
Turning on the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Running the operating-system setup program
Turning off the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3. Configuring the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Viewing the license agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the built-in configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 4. Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Recording important numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Registering the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Windows . . . . . . . . 20
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power-on self-test (POST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Enabling the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent . . . . . . 16
Configuring the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . 17
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CD or DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Diskette drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Microprocessor problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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