Dell 2900 Troubleshooting Your System, Safety First-For You and Your System, Start-Up Routine

Troubleshooting Your System

Safety First—For You and Your System

To perform certain procedures in this document, you must remove the system cover and work inside the system. While working inside the system, do not attempt to service the system except as explained in this guide and elsewhere in your system documentation.

CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before performing any procedure, see your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer and protecting against electrostatic discharge.

Start-Up Routine

Look and listen during the system's start-up routine for the indications described in Table 4-1.

Table 4-1. Start-Up Routine Indications

Look/listen for:	Action
A status or error message displayed on the front-panel	See "LCD Status Messages" on page 18.
LCD.
An error message displayed on the monitor.	See "System Messages" on page 26.
Alert messages from the systems management	See the systems management software
software.	documentation.
The monitor's power indicator.	See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem" on
	page 117.
The keyboard indicators.	See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on page 117.
The USB diskette drive activity indicator.	See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 119.
The USB CD drive activity indicator.	See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 119.
The diskette drive activity indicator.	See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 126.
The CD drive activity indicator.	See "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 127.
The hard-drive activity indicator.	See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 129.
An unfamiliar constant scraping or grinding sound	See "Getting Help" on page 147.
when you access a drive.

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