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Troubleshooting Your System
Dell™PowerVault™100SystemsHardwareOwner'sManual
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.
Start-Up Routine
Look and listen during the system's start-uproutinefortheindicationsdescribedinTable5-1.
Checking the Equipment
This section provides troubleshooting procedures for external devices attached to the system, such as the monitor, keyboard, or mouse. Before you perform
any of the procedures, see "Troubleshooting External Connections."
Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts
Most PCI devices can share an IRQ with another device, but they cannot use an IRQ simultaneously. To avoid this type of conflict, see the documentation for
each PCI device for specific IRQ requirements. Table5-2 lists the IRQ assignments.
Table 5-2.IRQAssignmentDefaults
Safety First—For You and Your System
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
Troubleshooting System Memory
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
Troubleshooting the Keyboard
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
Troubleshooting External Connections
Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives
Troubleshooting a Wet System
Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller
Troubleshooting a Damaged System
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
Troubleshooting the System Battery
Troubleshooting the Microprocessor
Troubleshooting Power Supplies
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.
A status or error message displayed on the monitor.
A series of beeps emitted by the system.
Diagnostic indicator lights indicate a problem.
See Diagnostics Indicator Codes.
Alert messages from the systems management software.
See the systems management software documentation.
The monitor's power indicator.
See Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem.
See Troubleshooting the Keyboard.
The USB device activity indicator.
See Troubleshooting a USB Device.
The diskette drive activity indicator.
See Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive.
The optical drive activity indicator.
See Troubleshooting an Optical Drive.
The hard-drive activity indicator.
See Troubleshooting a Hard Drive.
An unfamiliar constant scraping or grinding sound when you
access a drive.
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