Checkout Guide

Use the following procedure as a guide for computer problems.

Note

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

Important

When the problem determination procedure in the operation manual that is supplied with the adapter or device says “Have the system unit serviced”, this means both the computer and the SelectaDock

Docking System.

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

2.Verify the symptoms by attempting to re-create the

failure by running

the diagnostic test or by repeating

the

same operation.

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To

run the diagnostics, refer to “How

to Run the

Diagnostics” on

page 11.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

symptoms column and find the description that best

matches

your

symptom;

then go

to

the

page shown in

the

“Go

to”

column.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

(Verified)

 

 

 

Go

to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

failure.

(The

“Power

Supply”

on

 

 

power

indicator

 

does

pagenot

6.

 

 

 

 

 

go

on

or

stay

 

on.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

does

not

 

 

 

“Symptom-to-FRU

 

 

 

complete. No beeps

or Index”

on

page 18,

 

and

error

code

are

 

indicatedthen.use

 

theNo

Beep

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

 

 

table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

configuration

is

not“Checking

the

Installed

 

 

the

same

as

the

Devices

List”

on page 8.

installed

devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

beeps, but

 

no

“Symptom-to-FRU

 

 

 

error

codes

are

Index”

on

page 18,

 

and

displayed.

 

 

 

then

use

Beepthe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

 

 

table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mobile

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