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Table 2. Abbreviated list of POST error codes (continued) v Follow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is solved. v See the parts listing in the Problem Determination and Service Guide to determine which components are customer replaceable units (CRU) and which components are field replaceable units (FRU). v If an action step is preceded by "(Trained service technician only)," that step must be performed only by a trained service technician. Error code Description Action I9990305 An operating system was not found. 1. Make sure that a bootable operating system is installed. To determine whether an operating system is one of the devices in the startup sequence, run the Configuration/Setup Utility program (see the User's Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD). 2. Run the hard disk drive diagnostic tests (see "Running the diagnostic programs" in the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD). 3. Reseat the following components, depending on the server model: v Hot-swap models: a. Hard disk drive b. Mini-PCI-X adapter cable c. Mini-PCI-X adapter d. PCI-X expansion card v Simple-swap models: a. Hard disk drive b. Hard disk drive cable v Non-hot-swap models: hard disk drive cable 4. Replace the following components one at a time, depending on the server model, in the order shown, restarting the server each time: v Hot-swap models: a. Hard disk drive b. Mini-PCI-X adapter cable c. SAS backplane d. Mini-PCI-X adapter e. PCI-X expansion card v Simple-swap and non-hot-swap models: a. Hard disk drive b. Hard disk drive cable 62 xSeries 206m Types 8485 and 8490: Installation Guide 5. (Trained service technician only) Replace the system board.

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Table
2.
Abbreviated
list
of
POST
error
codes
(continued)
v
Follow
the
suggested
actions
in
the
order
in
which
they
are
listed
in
the
Action
column
until
the
problem
is
solved.
v
See
the
parts
listing
in
the
Problem
Determination
and
Service
Guide
to
determine
which
components
are
customer
replaceable
units
(CRU)
and
which
components
are
field
replaceable
units
(FRU).
v
If
an
action
step
is
preceded
by
“(Trained
service
technician
only),”
that
step
must
be
performed
only
by
a
trained
service
technician.
Error
code
Description
Action
I9990305
An
operating
system
was
not
found.
1.
Make
sure
that
a
bootable
operating
system
is
installed.
To
determine
whether
an
operating
system
is
one
of
the
devices
in
the
startup
sequence,
run
the
Configuration/Setup
Utility
program
(see
the
User’s
Guide
on
the
IBM
xSeries
Documentation
CD).
2.
Run
the
hard
disk
drive
diagnostic
tests
(see
“Running
the
diagnostic
programs”
in
the
Problem
Determination
and
Service
Guide
on
the
IBM
xSeries
Documentation
CD).
3.
Reseat
the
following
components,
depending
on
the
server
model:
v
Hot-swap
models:
a.
Hard
disk
drive
b.
Mini-PCI-X
adapter
cable
c.
Mini-PCI-X
adapter
d.
PCI-X
expansion
card
v
Simple-swap
models:
a.
Hard
disk
drive
b.
Hard
disk
drive
cable
v
Non-hot-swap
models:
hard
disk
drive
cable
4.
Replace
the
following
components
one
at
a
time,
depending
on
the
server
model,
in
the
order
shown,
restarting
the
server
each
time:
v
Hot-swap
models:
a.
Hard
disk
drive
b.
Mini-PCI-X
adapter
cable
c.
SAS
backplane
d.
Mini-PCI-X
adapter
e.
PCI-X
expansion
card
v
Simple-swap
and
non-hot-swap
models:
a.
Hard
disk
drive
b.
Hard
disk
drive
cable
5.
(Trained
service
technician
only)
Replace
the
system
board.
62
xSeries
206m
Types
8485
and
8490:
Installation
Guide