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

Contents 3
Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing System Features During Startup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hard-Drive Indicator Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Back-Panel Features and Indicators
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting External Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Indicator Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
NIC Indicator Codes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LCD Status Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages
. . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing LCD Status Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Diagnostics Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alert Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Responding to Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the System Setup Program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System Setup Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Main Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Memory Information Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CPU Information Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Integrated Devices Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System Security Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Exit Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38










