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

6 Contents
Chassis Intrusion Switch (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SAS Backplane (Service-Only Procedure)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removing the SAS Backplane
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the SAS Backplane
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
System Board (Service-Only Procedure)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the System Board
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing the System Board
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Start-Up Routine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Checking Basic Power Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Checking the Equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Troubleshooting External Connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting the Keyboard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Troubleshooting the Mouse
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting a USB Device
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting a NIC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Troubleshooting a Wet System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Troubleshooting a Damaged System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Troubleshooting the System Battery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting a Fan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting System Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108










