Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
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- Contents
- Checking Inside the Computer
- Safety First—For You and Your Computer
- Opening the Computer Doors
- Removing the Optional Front Bezel
- Removing and Replacing the Expansion- Card Cage
- Removing the Expansion-Card Cage
- Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage
- Inside the Chassis
- Troubleshooting a Wet Computer
- Troubleshooting a Damaged Computer
- Troubleshooting the Battery
- Troubleshooting Redundant Power Supplies
- Removing and Replacing a Power Supply
- Troubleshooting a Cooling Fan
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting the System Board
- Troubleshooting the Diskette Drive Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a SCSI Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives
- Troubleshooting a RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting an Integrated RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting a PERC 2 Card
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- Installing System Board Options
- Expansion Cards
- Installing an Expansion Card
- Removing an Expansion Card
- Adding Memory
- Memory Upgrade Kits
- DIMM Installation Guidelines
- Performing a Memory Upgrade
- Installing DIMMs
- Removing DIMMs
- Upgrading the Microprocessor or Installing a Secondary Microprocessor
- Removing a Terminator Card
- Installing a Terminator Card
- Removing the SEC Cartridge and Heat Sink Assembly
- Replacing the SEC Cartridge and Heat Sink Assembly
- Activating the Integrated RAID Controller
- Replacing the Battery
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- Installing Hard-Disk Drives
- Preparing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives for Installation
- SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Configuration
- Partitioning and Formatting SCSI Hard-Disk Drives
- General Information on Cabling
- Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives
- Installing a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller Host Adapter Card
- Installing a SCSI Backplane Daughter Card
- Configuring the Boot Device
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- Safety Instructions
- Notes, Notices, Cautions, and Warnings
- Safety Caution and Warnings
- Additional Safety Precautions
- General Precautions
- Precautions for Server and Storage Systems
- Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products
- Precautions for Products With Modems, Telecommunications, or Local Area Network Options
- Precautions for Products With Laser Devices
- When Working Inside Your Computer
- Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
- Ergonomic Computing Habits
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3-8 Dell PowerEdge 2450 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Faulty diskette or hard-disk drive Replace the diskette or hard-disk
drive.
!, Defective system board Replace the system board. See
Chapter 11, “Getting Help,” for
instructions on obtaining technical
assistance.
Improperly attached interface
cables
Check the primary and secondary
SCSI interface cable connections
to the backplane board. See
Chapter 10, “Installing Hard-Disk
Drives.”
Improperly attached or missing
backplane
Check the interface cable connec-
tions to the backplane board. See
Chapter 10, “Installing Hard-Disk
Drives.”
1 Defective battery or faulty chip
(defective system board)
Replace the system battery. If the
problem persists, replace the sys-
tem board. See Chapter 11,
“Getting Help,” for instructions
on obtaining technical assistance.
1
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Incorrect Time or Date settings
or defective system battery
Check the Time and Date set-
tings. See Chapter 4, “Using the
System Setup Program,” in the
User's Guide
for instructions. If
the problem persists, replace the
system battery. If the problem
still persists, replace the I/O
board. See Chapter 11, “Getting
Help,” for instructions on obtain-
ing technical assistance.
1!
Defective system board Replace the system board. See
Chapter 11, “Getting Help,” for
instructions on obtaining technical
assistance.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see “Abbreviations and Acronyms."










