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
About Your System 27
No boot sector on hard
drive
Incorrect configuration settings in
System Setup program, or no
operating system on hard drive.
Check the hard-drive configuration
settings in the System Setup program.
See "Using the System Setup Program"
on page 31. If necessary, install the
operating system on your hard drive. See
your operating system documentation.
No timer tick interrupt Faulty system board. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
Not a boot diskette No operating system on diskette. Use a bootable diskette.
PCIe Degraded Link Width
Error: Embedded
Bus#
nn
/Dev#
nn
/Func
n
Expected Link Width is
n
Actual Link Width is
n
Faulty or improperly installed PCIe
card in the specified slot.
Reseat the PCIe card in the specified
slot number. See "Installing an
Expansion Card" on page 53. If the
problem persists, see "Getting Help" on
page 129.
PCIe Degraded Link Width
Error: Slot
n
Expected Link Width is
n
Actual Link Width is
n
Faulty or improperly installed PCIe
card in the specified slot.
Reseat the PCIe card in the specified
slot number. See "Installing an
Expansion Card" on page 53. If the
problem persists, see "Getting Help" on
page 129.
PCIe Fatal Error caused a
system reset: Slot
n
or
Embedded
Bus#
nn
/Dev#
nn
/Func
n
Please check the system
event log for details.
Faulty or improperly installed PCIe
card in the specified slot.
Reseat the PCIe card in the specified
slot number. See "Installing an
Expansion Card" on page 53. If the
problem persists, see "Getting Help" on
page 129.
PCI BIOS failed to install PCI device BIOS (Option ROM)
checksum failure is detected during
shadowing. Loose cables to expansion
card(s); faulty or improperly installed
expansion card.
Reseat the expansion cards. Ensure that
all appropriate cables are securely
connected to the expansion cards. If the
problem persists, see "Troubleshooting
Expansion Cards" on page 113.
Plug & Play Configuration
Error
Error encountered in initializing PCI
device; faulty system board.
Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and
reboot the system. See Figure 6-1 for
jumper locations. If the problem persists,
see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards"
on page 113.
Table 1-8. System Messages (continued)
Message Causes Corrective Actions