Personal Computer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Hardware Owner’s Manual
- Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel
- Opening and Closing the System
- Cooling Fans
- Cooling Shrouds
- Power Supplies
- Expansion Cards
- RAC Card
- System Memory
- Processors
- Processor VRMs
- Installing a Diskette Drive
- Installing an Optical Drive
- Hard Drives
- SAS Controller Cards
- Connecting an External SAS Tape Drive
- Connecting an External Fibre Channel Storage Device
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure)
- Fan Interposer Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Power Distribution Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Chassis Intrusion Switch (Service-Only Procedure)
- SAS Backplane (Service-Only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking Basic Power Problems
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS Controller or SAS RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting an External SAS Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
Index 165
phone numbers, 134
POST keystrokes, 10
power distribution board
installing, 85
removing, 84
power indicator, 15
power supplies
removing, 51
replacing, 52
troubleshooting, 105
processor
installing, 64
replacing, 62
troubleshooting, 114
R
RAC card
connectors, 57
expansion slot, 52
installing, 56
system port, 14
RAID battery, 76
RAID controller
troubleshooting, 111
recommended tools, 44
remote access controller
See RAC.
removing
bezel, 45
chassis intrusion switch, 86
control panel assembly, 80
cooling fan, 48
cooling shroud, 49
cover, 46
removing (continued)
expansion card, 55
fan interposer board, 82
hard drive blank, 73
hard drives, 73
memory modules, 61
power distribution board, 84
power supply, 51
SAS backplane board, 87
SAS controller, 76
system board, 89
VRM, 67
replacing
cooling fan, 49
cooling shroud, 50
power supply, 52
processor, 62
RAID battery, 76
system battery, 78
S
safety, 97
SAS backplane board
connectors, 127
installing, 89
removing, 87
SAS controller
troubleshooting, 111
SAS controller board
RAID battery, 76
SAS controller card
installing, 76
removing, 76
SAS hard drive
See hard drives (SAS/SATA).
SATA hard drive
See hard drives (SAS/SATA).
serial I/O device
troubleshooting, 101
service-only procedure
chassis intrusion switch, 86
control panel assembly, 80
fan interposer board, 82
power distribution board, 84
system board, 89
setup password
assigning, 40
changing, 41
using, 40
slots
See expansion slots.
startup keystrokes, 10
support
contacting Dell, 133-134
system
closing, 47
opening, 46
system battery
replacing, 78
system board
connectors, 124
installing, 93
jumpers, 121
removing, 89
system cooling
troubleshooting, 105
system messages, 24