Message/Symptom

FRU/Action

 

 

 

″Insert a Diskette″ icon appears with a

1.

System Board

known-good diagnostics diskette in the first

2.

Diskette Drive Cable

3.5-inch diskette drive.

3.

Riser card

 

 

4.

Network Adapter

 

 

 

Intensity or color varies from left to right of

1.

Display

characters and color bars

2.

System Board

 

 

 

No power or fan not running

See “Power Supply Errors” on page 70.

 

 

 

Non-system disk or disk error-type message

1.

Diskette Drive

with a known-good diagnostic diskette.

2.

System Board

 

 

3.

Diskette Drive Cable

 

4.

Riser card

 

 

 

Other display symptoms not listed above

1.

Display

(including blank or illegible display)

2.

System Board

 

 

 

 

Power-on indicator or hard disk drive in-use

1.

Power Supply

light not on, but computer works correctly

2.

System Board

 

 

3.

LED Cables

 

 

Printer problems

Printer

 

 

 

Program loads from the hard disk with a

1.

Run Setup

known-good diagnostics diskette in the first

2.

Diskette Drive

3.5-inch diskette drive

3.

Diskette Drive Cable

 

 

4.

System Board

 

5.

Riser card

 

6.

Power Supply

 

 

 

RPL computer cannot access programs from

1.

If network administrator is using

its own hard disk.

 

LCCM Hybrid RPL, check startup

 

 

 

 

sequence:

 

 

a. First device - network

 

 

b. Second device - hard disk

 

2.

Hard disk drive

 

 

 

RPL computer does not RPL from server

1.

Check startup sequence

 

 

2.

Check the network adapter LED status

 

 

 

Serial or parallel port device failure (system

1.

External Device Self-Test OK?

board port)

2.

External Device

 

 

3.

Cable

 

4.

System Board

 

 

 

Serial or parallel port device failure (adapter

1.

External Device Self-Test OK?

port)

2.

External Device

 

 

3.

Cable

 

4.

Alternate Adapter

 

5.

System Board

 

 

 

Some or all keys on the keyboard do not

1.

Keyboard

work

2.

Keyboard Cable

 

 

3.

System Board

 

 

 

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8192, 8191, 8196, 8197, 8195 specifications

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