Dell 6100, 200 manual Look and Listen, Is the keyboard operating properly? Yes. Continue to step

8.Is the keyboard operating properly? Yes. Continue to step 9.

No. Go to “Troubleshooting the Keyboard” in Chap- ter 6.

9.Is the mouse or printer operating properly?

Yes. Continue with “Look and Listen” next in this chapter.

No. Go to “Troubleshooting I/O Ports” in Chapter 6.

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Look and Listen

Looking at and listening to the system is important in determining the source of a problem. Look and listen for the indications described in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1. Boot Routine Indications

Look/Listen for:	Action
An error message	See Chapter 3, “Messages and Codes.”
Alert messages from the Dell HIP software	The server management software has detected a problem inside
	the computer. See “Alert Log Messages From the Dell HIP Pro-
	gram” in Chapter 3.
The monitor’s power indicator	Most monitors have a power indicator (usually on the front
	bezel). If the monitor’s power indicator does not come on, see
	“Troubleshooting the Monitor” in Chapter 6.
The keyboard indicators	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 indicators do
	not light up, see “Troubleshooting the Keyboard” in Chapter 6.
The diskette-drive access indicator	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 Subsystem” in Chapter 7.
The hard-disk drive activity indicator	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 the Microsoft® Windows NT ® operating sys-
	tem, you can test the drive by opening Windows Explorer and
	clicking on 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.
A series of beeps	See Chapter 3, “Messages and Codes.”

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