Server Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features (Optional)
- Hard-Drive Status Indicators
- Back-Panel Features and Indicators
- Guidelines for Connecting External Devices
- NIC Indicator Codes
- Power Indicator Codes
- Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
- LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening and Closing the System
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Removing a Drive Blank
- Installing a Drive Blank
- Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Installing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Expansion Card
- Expansion-Card Riser
- Internal USB Memory Key
- Cooling Shroud
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- System Memory
- Cooling Fans
- iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- Processor
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane
- Power Distribution Board
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB Device
- Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting a Fan
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting an Expansion Card
- Troubleshooting the Processor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Index

146 Troubleshooting Your System
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
1
Check the system and power connections to the monitor.
2
Check the video interface cabling from the system to the monitor.
3
Run the appropriate online diagnostic test. See "Running the System
Diagnostics" on page 161.
If the tests run successfully, the problem is not related to video hardware.
If the tests fail, see "Getting Help" on page 169.
Troubleshooting a USB Device
Use the following steps to troubleshoot a USB keyboard/mouse. For other
USB devices, go to step 4.
1
Disconnect the keyboard and mouse cables from the system briefly and
reconnect them.
2
Connect the keyboard/mouse to the USB port(s) on the opposite side of
the system.
3
If the problem is resolved, restart the system, enter the System Setup
program, and check if the non functioning USB ports are enabled.
4
Replace the keyboard/mouse with another working keyboard/mouse.
5
If the problem is resolved, replace the faulty keyboard/mouse.
6
If the problem is not resolved, proceed to the next step to begin
troubleshooting the other USB devices attached to the system.
7
Power down all attached USB devices and disconnect them from the system.
8
Restart the system and, if your keyboard is functioning, enter the system
setup program. Verify that all USB ports are enabled. See "Integrated
Devices Screen" on page 60.
If your keyboard is not functioning, you can also use remote access. If the
system is not accessible, see "Disabling a Forgotten Password" on page 168
for instructions on setting the NVRAM_CLR jumper inside your system
and restoring the BIOS to the default settings.
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