Checkout Guide

Checkout Guide

Use the following procedure as a guide for com problems.

Note: The diagnostic tests are intended to test products. Non-IBM products, prototype cards, modified options can give false errors and system responses.

1.Obtain the failing symptoms in as much detail possible.

2.Verify the symptoms by attempting to re-crea failure by running the diagnostic test or by the same operation.

Note: To run the diagnostics, refer to “Running Diagnostics” on page 39.

3.Use the following table with the verified s determine which page to go to. Search the

“Symptoms (Verified)” column, and find the

 

description

that

best

matches

your

symptom; th

to

the

page

shown

in

the

“Go

To”

column.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

(Verified)

 

 

 

Go To

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

failure.

(The

“Power

Systems

 

 

 

power

indicator

does Checkout”not

on

page 35.

 

go

on

or

stay

on.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

does

not

 

 

 

“Symptom-to-FRU

 

 

 

 

complete. No

beep

or

Index”

section,

and

then

error

codes

 

are

 

use

theNo

Beep

 

 

 

 

indicated.

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

 

table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

beeps,

but

no

“Symptom-to-FRU

 

 

 

 

error

codes

 

are

 

Index”

section,

and

then

displayed.

 

 

 

 

use

theBeep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

 

table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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detected

an

error“Symptom-to-FRU

 

 

 

 

and

displayed

 

numeric Index”

section,

and

then

error

codes.

 

 

 

use

theNumeric

Error

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Codes

 

table.

 

 

 

The diagnostic test “FRU Codes” on detected an error andpage 44. displayed a FRU code.

The

configuration is

not“Checking

the

Installed

the

same

as

the

Devices

List”

on

installed

devices.

page

42.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

symptoms

(such

“Symptom-to-FRU

 

 

as

LCD

display

 

Index”

section, and then

problems).

 

 

use

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

table.

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IBM 600/600E (2645) manual Checkout Guide, Go To, Error

600/600E (2645) specifications

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