Preparing the System for Diagnosing Problems

5-8

Monitoring POST

5-9

Verifying Proper Operation of Key System Indicators

5-10

Confirming Loading of the Operating System

5-10

Specific Problems and Corrective Actions

5-11

Power LED Does Not Light

5-11

Incorrect or No Beep Code

5-11

No Characters Appear on Screen

5-12

Characters are Distorted or Incorrect

5-12

System Cooling Fans Do Not Rotate

5-12

Diskette Drive Activity LED Does Not Light

5-13

CD-ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not Light

5-13

Problems with Application Software

5-13

Bootable CD-ROM Is Not Detected

5-14

Problems with the Network

5-14

Plug and Play Installation Tips

5-14

Error Messages

5-15

POST Error Codes and Messages

5-15

POST Error Code Hardware References

5-20

Beep Codes

5-21

How to Identify BIOS and BMC Revision Levels

5-22

Lamps

5-23

LAN ACCESS Lamp

5-23

STATUS Lamp

5-23

POWER/SLEEP Lamp

5-25

DISK ACCESS Lamp

5-25

Access Lamps

5-25

Hard Disk Drive Lamp

5-26

Power Supply Lamps

5-27

DC Power Lamp

5-27

Power Status Lamp

5-27

AC Power Lamp

5-27

LAN Connector Lamps

5-28

6. Illustrated Parts Breakdown

Exploded View

6-2

Field Replaceable Units

6-3

Pentium Processors

6-5

Replaceable Parts

6-5

Hard Disk Drives

6-5

Replaceable Parts

6-5

DVD Drives

6-5

Replaceable Parts

6-5

DAT Tape Drives

6-5

Replaceable Parts

6-5

RAID Controllers and Cache

6-6

Replaceable Parts

6-6

SCSI Controllers

6-6

Replaceable Parts

6-6

Network Controllers

6-6

Replaceable Parts

6-6

Memory Expansion

6-6

Replaceable Parts

6-6

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