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
28 About Your System
Read fault
Requested sector not found
The operating system cannot read
from the diskette or hard drive, the
system could not find a particular
sector on the disk, or the requested
sector is defective.
Replace the diskette. Ensure that the
diskette and hard drive cables are
properly connected. See
"Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on
page 108, "Troubleshooting an Optical
Drive" on page 109, or "Troubleshooting
a Hard Drive" on page 110 for the
appropriate drive(s) installed in your
system.
Remote Access Controller
cable error or incorrect
card in the RAC slot.
RAC cables not connected, or RAC
card installed in wrong expansion slot.
Check that the RAC cables are
connected, and that the RAC card is
installed in the correct expansion slot.
See "RAC Card" on page 56.
Remote Access Controller
not installed in the RAC
slot.
RAC card installed in wrong
expansion slot.
Check that the RAC card is installed in
the correct expansion slot. See "RAC
Card" on page 56.
Remote configuration
update attempt failed
System unable to process Remote
Configuration request.
Retry Remote Configuration.
ROM bad checksum =
address
Expansion card improperly installed or
faulty.
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.
SAS port
n
hard disk drive
not found
SAS cables are not properly seated, or
drive missing.
See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on
page 110.
Sector not found
Seek error
Seek operation failed
Faulty diskette or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive"
on page 108 or "Troubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page 110 for the appropriate
drive(s) installed in your system.
Shutdown failure Shutdown test failure. See "Troubleshooting System Memory"
on page 106.
The amount of system
memory has changed
Memory has been added or removed
or a memory module may be faulty.
If memory has been added or removed,
this message is informative and can be
ignored. If memory has not been added
or removed, check the SEL to determine
if single-bit or multi-bit errors were
detected and replace the faulty memory
module. See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 106.
Table 1-8. System Messages (continued)
Message Causes Corrective Actions