Troubleshooting A Serial I/O Device....................................................................................................................117
Troubleshooting A Wet System............................................................................................................................117
Troubleshooting A Damaged System...................................................................................................................118
Troubleshooting The System Battery...................................................................................................................119
Troubleshooting Power Supplies..........................................................................................................................119
Troubleshooting Cooling Problems.......................................................................................................................119
Troubleshooting Cooling Fans..............................................................................................................................120
Troubleshooting System Memory.........................................................................................................................120
Troubleshooting An Internal USB Key..................................................................................................................121
Troubleshooting An SD Card................................................................................................................................121
Troubleshooting An Optical Drive.........................................................................................................................122
Troubleshooting A Hard Drive..............................................................................................................................122
Troubleshooting A Storage Controller..................................................................................................................123
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards........................................................................................................................124
Troubleshooting Processors.................................................................................................................................124
5 Using System Diagnostics.....................................................................................................126Dell Embedded System Diagnostics.....................................................................................................................126
When To Use The Embedded System Diagnostics........................................................................................126
Running The Embedded System Diagnostics.................................................................................................126
System Diagnostic Controls...........................................................................................................................126
6 Jumpers And Connectors......................................................................................................128System Board Jumper Settings............................................................................................................................128
System Board Connectors....................................................................................................................................129
Disabling A Forgotten Password..........................................................................................................................132
7 Technical Specifications.......................................................................................................1338 System Messages...................................................................................................................139LCD Messages......................................................................................................................................................139
Viewing LCD Messages.................................................................................................................................139
Removing LCD Messages...............................................................................................................................139
System Error Messages........................................................................................................................................139
Warning Messages...............................................................................................................................................155
Diagnostic Messages...........................................................................................................................................155
Alert Messages.....................................................................................................................................................155
9 Getting help..............................................................................................................................156Contacting Dell.....................................................................................................................................................156
Quick Resource Locator.................................................................................................................................156
Locating your system service tag.........................................................................................................................156