Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the System Hardware

Symptoms and Solutions

Table 5-14

Memory Problems

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

 

Cause and Action

 

 

 

The amount of system

1.

Verify the following items:

memory displayed is less than

 

a.

The memory modules are seated properly.

the amount of physical

 

 

b.

The correct type of memory has been installed.

memory installed.

 

 

 

 

c.

All banks of memory on the DIMMs are enabled. The device

 

 

 

 

might have automatically disabled a DIMM bank when it

 

 

 

 

detected a problem, or a DIMM bank could have been

 

 

 

 

manually disabled.

 

 

2. Check the POST error log for error message 289:

 

 

 

a.

If the DIMM was disabled by a system management interrupt

 

 

 

 

(SMI), the DIMM needs to be replaced. Have the system

 

 

 

 

serviced.

 

 

 

b.

If the DIMM was disabled by the user or by POST, follow

 

 

 

 

these steps:

 

 

 

Start the configuration/setup utility program.

 

 

 

Enable the DIMM.

 

 

 

Save the configuration and restart the device.

 

 

3.

Check the DIMM.

 

 

4. Check the system board.

 

 

 

Table 5-15

Microprocessor Problems

 

 

 

Symptom

 

Cause and Action

 

 

The device emits a continuous

1. Verify that the startup microprocessor is seated properly.

tone during POST. (The

2. Check the startup microprocessor.

startup [boot] microprocessor

 

 

 

is not working properly.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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