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Troubleshooting Your System Safety First-For You and Your System To perform certain procedures in this document, you must remove the system cover and work inside the system. While working inside the system, do not attempt to service the system except as explained in this guide and elsewhere in your system documentation. CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before performing any procedure, see your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer and protecting against electrostatic discharge. Start-Up Routine Look and listen during the system's start-up routine for the indications described in Table 1-1. Table 4-1. Start-Up Routine Indications Look/listen for: A status code displayed by the diagnostic indicator lights on the system front panel. An error message displayed on the monitor. Alert messages from the systems management software. The monitor's power indicator. The keyboard indicators. The USB CD drive activity indicator. The CD drive activity indicator. The hard-drive activity indicator. An unfamiliar constant scraping or grinding sound when you access a drive. Action See "Diagnostics Indicator Codes" on page 14. See "System Messages" on page 16. See the systems management software documentation. See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem" on page 69. See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on page 70. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 71. See "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 78. See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 78. See "Getting Help" on page 95. Troubleshooting Your System 67

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Troubleshooting Your System
Safety First—For You and Your System
To perform certain procedures in this document, you must remove the system cover and work inside
the system. While working inside the system, do not attempt to service the system except as
explained in this guide and elsewhere in your system documentation.
CAUTION:
Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of
the components inside the system. Before performing any procedure, see your
Product Information Guide
for
complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer and protecting against
electrostatic discharge.
Start-Up Routine
Look and listen during the system's start-up routine for the indications described in Table 1-1.
Table 4-1.
Start-Up Routine Indications
Look/listen for:
Action
A status code displayed by the
diagnostic indicator
lights on the system front panel
.
See "Diagnostics Indicator Codes" on page 14.
An error message displayed on the monitor.
See "System Messages" on page 16.
Alert messages from the systems management
software.
See the systems management software
documentation.
The monitor's power indicator.
See "Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem" on
page 69.
The keyboard indicators.
See "Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on page 70.
The USB CD drive activity indicator.
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 71.
The CD drive activity indicator.
See "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 78.
The hard-drive activity indicator.
See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 78.
An unfamiliar constant scraping or grinding sound
when you access a drive.
See "Getting Help" on page 95.