Owners Manual

Installing the power supply unit blank.................................................................................................................... 89
Removing an AC power supply unit........................................................................................................................ 90
Installing an AC power supply unit........................................................................................................................... 91
System battery.................................................................................................................................................................. 92
Replacing the system battery...................................................................................................................................92
Hard disk drive backplane............................................................................................................................................... 93
Removing HDD backplane.........................................................................................................................................94
Installing HDD backplane........................................................................................................................................... 95
Control panel...................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Removing control panel board–8 HDD system.................................................................................................... 96
Installing the control panel board–eight hard drive system..............................................................................97
Removing control panel–8 HDD system................................................................................................................98
Installing control panel–8 HDD system.................................................................................................................. 99
VGA module...................................................................................................................................................................... 100
Removing the VGA module..................................................................................................................................... 100
Installing the VGA module........................................................................................................................................ 101
System board....................................................................................................................................................................102
Removing system board...........................................................................................................................................102
Installing system board............................................................................................................................................. 104
Restoring the Service Tag by using the Easy Restore feature.......................................................................106
Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................106
Installing the Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................106
Initializing the TPM for BitLocker users............................................................................................................... 107
Initializing the TPM for TXT users.........................................................................................................................108
Chapter 7: Using system diagnostics......................................................................................... 109
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics............................................................................................................................109
When to use the Embedded System Diagnostics.............................................................................................. 109
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.................................................................109
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller........................................109
System diagnostic controls...................................................................................................................................... 110
Chapter 8: Jumpers and connectors ........................................................................................... 111
System board jumper settings....................................................................................................................................... 111
System board connectors.............................................................................................................................................. 112
Disabling forgotten password........................................................................................................................................114
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting your system.................................................................................... 115
Troubleshooting system startup failure...................................................................................................................... 115
Troubleshooting external connections........................................................................................................................ 115
Troubleshooting the video subsystem.........................................................................................................................116
Troubleshooting a USB device...................................................................................................................................... 116
Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct (USB XML configuration)......................................................................................117
Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct (Laptop connection)............................................................................................... 117
Troubleshooting a serial I/O device............................................................................................................................. 118
Troubleshooting a NIC.....................................................................................................................................................118
Troubleshooting a wet system...................................................................................................................................... 119
Troubleshooting a damaged system............................................................................................................................ 119
Troubleshooting the system battery...........................................................................................................................120
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