Removing and Installing a Pentium III Processor

4-9

DIMMs

4-11

Option Boards

4-14

Installation Considerations

4-14

Installing an Option Board

4-14

Removing an Option Board

4-16

Installing a RAID Controller Board

4-17

Hard Disk Drives

4-18

Installing or Swapping a Hard Disk Drive in a Hot-swap Bay

4-18

Installing or Swapping a Hard Disk Drive in a Standard SCSI Disk Drive Bay

4-23

Removable Media Devices

4-26

Removing the 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Mounting Assembly

4-27

Installing a 5.25-Inch Media Device

4-28

Removing a 5.25-Inch Device

4-32

Problem Solving

5-1

Problem Solving

5-2

Static Precautions

5-2

Troubleshooting Checklists

5-3

Initial System Startup

5-3

Running New Application Software

5-4

After System Has Been Running Correctly

5-5

Diagnostic Testing

5-6

Error Checking

5-6

Troubleshooting Guide

5-6

Preparing the System for Diagnostic Testing

5-6

Monitoring POST

5-7

Verifying Proper Operation of Key System Indicators

5-8

Confirming Loading of the Operating System

5-8

Specific Problems and Corrective Actions

5-9

Power LED Does Not Light

5-9

Incorrect or No Beep Code

5-10

No Characters Appear on Screen

5-10

Characters are Distorted or Incorrect

5-11

System Cooling Fans Do Not Rotate

5-11

Diskette Drive Activity LED Does Not Light

5-11

CD-ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not Light

5-12

Problems with Application Software

5-12

Bootable CD-ROM Is Not Detected

5-12

Problems with the Network

5-13

Plug and Play Installation Tips

5-14

BIOS User’s Information

5-14

POST Error Codes and Messages

5-14

How to Identify BIOS and BMC Revision Levels

5-18

BIOS Revision Level Identification

5-18

BMC Revision Level Identification

5-18

System Cabling

A-1

System Cabling

A-2

Before You Begin

A-2

Static Precautions

A-2

Standard Configuration

A-3

RAID Configuration

A-5

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