IBM 8485, 8490 manual Problem Determination

Table 2. Abbreviated list of POST error codes (continued)

vFollow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is solved.

vSee the parts listing in the Problem Determination and Service Guide to determine which components are customer replaceable units (CRU) and which components are field replaceable units (FRU).

vIf an action step is preceded by “(Trained service technician only),” that step must be performed only by a trained service technician.

	Error code	Description	Action
	I9990305	An operating system was not	1. Make sure that a bootable
		found.
				operating system is installed.
				To determine whether an
				operating system is one of the
				devices in the startup
				sequence, run the
				Configuration/Setup Utility
				program (see the User’s Guide
				on the IBM xSeries
				Documentation CD).
			2. Run the hard disk drive
				diagnostic tests (see “Running
				the diagnostic programs” in the
				Problem Determination and
				Service Guide on the IBM
				xSeries Documentation CD).
			3.	Reseat the following
				components, depending on the
				server model:
				v Hot-swap models:
				a.	Hard disk drive
				b. Mini-PCI-X adapter cable
				c. Mini-PCI-X adapter
				d. PCI-X expansion card
				v Simple-swap models:
				a.	Hard disk drive
				b. Hard disk drive cable
				v Non-hot-swap models: hard
				disk drive cable
			4.	Replace the following
				components one at a time,
				depending on the server
				model, in the order shown,
				restarting the server each time:
				v Hot-swap models:
				a.	Hard disk drive
				b. Mini-PCI-X adapter cable
				c.	SAS backplane
				d. Mini-PCI-X adapter
				e. PCI-X expansion card
				v Simple-swap and
				non-hot-swap models:
				a.	Hard disk drive
				b. Hard disk drive cable
62 xSeries 206m Types 8485 and 8490: Installation Guide			5.	(Trained service technician
				only) Replace the system
				board.