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6-2
Dell PowerEdge
4350 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
3.
Run the Dell Diagnostics.
See Chapter 5, ²Running the Dell Diagnostics.³ Does the monitor display text
properly?
Yes
. Go to step 5.
No
. Go to step 4.
4.
Type
J
and press the down-arrow key four times. Then press the plus (
+
) key to
send all error messages to a printer. To save the error messages to a diskette,
insert a blank diskette into the diskette drive and press the plus (
+
) key twice to
save the error messages to the diskette.
Error messages that are sent to a diskette are saved in an American Standard
Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) file named
results
.
Do the error messages describe a video controller failure?
Yes.
Go to step 5.
No.
Go to step 6.
5.
Run the Video test group in the Dell Diagnostics.
See Chapter 5, ²Running the Dell Diagnostics.³ Most of the tests in the Video
test group require you to respond before the diagnostics continues with the next
test.
Did the tests run successfully?
Yes. You have fixed the problem, or the problem is software-related. For informa-
tion about installing video drivers, see Chapter 2, ²Using the Dell Server
Assistant CD,³ in the
User±s Guide
.
No.
Go to step 6.
6.
Turn off the system and disconnect it from the electrical outlet. Swap the monitor
with one of the same type that is working, and reconnect the system to the elec-
trical outlet.
7.
Run the Video test group in the Dell Diagnostics again.
Did the tests run successfully?
Yes.
The monitor must be replaced. See Chapter 12, ²Getting Help,³ for instruc-
tions on obtaining technical assistance.
No
. If a video expansion card is installed in the computer, see ²Troubleshooting
Expansion Cards³ in Chapter 7. If no video expansion card is installed, the inte-
grated video controller is faulty; see Chapter 12, ²Getting Help,³ for instructions
on obtaining technical assistance.