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Contents Safety v Chapter 1. Introduction 1 The IntelliStation Documentation CD 2 Hardware and software requirements 2 Using the Documentation Browser 2 Related documentation 3 Notices and statements in this document 4 Inventory checklist 5 Selecting a location for the computer 5 Arranging the workspace 5 Comfort 5 Glare and lighting 5 Air circulation 6 Electrical outlets and cable lengths 6 Features and specifications 7 Controls and LEDs 8 Chapter 2. Cabling and starting the computer 11 Cabling the computer 11 Turning on the computer 11 Running the operating-system setup program 12 Turning off the computer 12 Chapter 3. Configuring the computer 15 Viewing the license agreement 15 Using the built-in configuration programs 15 Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program 16 Using the Boot Menu program 17 Enabling the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent 17 Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs 17 Using ServeRAID Manager 21 Configuring the controller 22 Viewing the configuration 23 Configuring the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet controller 23 Starting the SCSISelect Utility program (some models 23 Chapter 4. Completing the installation 25 Recording important numbers 25 Registering the computer 25 Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette in Windows 26 Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows . . . . . 27 Chapter 5. Solving problems 29 Diagnostic tools overview 29 Power-on self-test (POST 30 POST beep codes 30 POST error codes 30 Troubleshooting tables 41 CD or DVD drive problems 41 Diskette drive problems 42 General problems 43 Hard disk drive problems 43 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005 iii

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Inventory
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Selecting
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Chapter
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Cabling
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Cabling
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Chapter
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Configuring
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Using
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Starting
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Enabling
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Configuring
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Viewing
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Configuring
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Broadcom
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SCSISelect
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Chapter
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Completing
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Recording
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Registering
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Creating
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emergency
recovery-repair
diskette
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Creating
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IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
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CD
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Chapter
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Solving
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Diagnostic
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Power-on
self-test
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POST
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POST
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Troubleshooting
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CD
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Diskette
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General
problems
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Hard
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©
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2005
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