Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUIndex
TheSymptom-to-FRUindexlistserrorsymptomsandpossiblecauses.Themostlikelycauseislistedfirst.
AlwaysbeginwithChapter4“Generalcheckout”onpage33.Thisindexcanalsobeusedtohelpyoudecide
whichFRUstohaveavailablewhenservicingacomputer.Ifyouareunabletocorrecttheproblemusingthis
index,goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage65
.
Notes:
•Ifyouhavebothanerrormessageandanincorrectaudioresponse,diagnosetheerrormessagefirst.
•Ifyoucannotrunthediagnostictestsoryougetadiagnosticerrorcodewhenrunningatest,butdidreceivea
POSTerrormessage,diagnosethePOSTerrormessagefirst.
•Ifyoudidnotreceiveanyerrormessage,lookforadescriptionofyourerrorsymptomsinthefirstpartofthisindex.
Harddiskdrivebooterror
Aharddiskdrivebooterrorcanhavethefollowingcauses.
ErrorFRU/Action
Thestart-updriveisnotinthebootsequencein
configuration.
Checktheconfigurationandensurethestart-updriveis
inthebootsequence.
Nooperatingsysteminstalledonthebootdrive.Installanoperatingsystemonthebootdrive.
Thebootsectoronthestartupdriveiscorrupted.
Thedrivemustbeformatted.Dothefollowing:
1.Attempttobackupthedataonthefailingharddisk
drive.
2.Usingtheoperatingsystemprograms,formatthe
harddiskdrive.
Thedriveisdefective.
Replacetheharddiskdrive.
Powersupplyproblems
Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,usethefollowingprocedures.
Check/VerifyFRU/Action
Checkthefollowingforproperinstallation.
•Powercord
•On/Offswitchconnector
•On/Offswitchpowersupplyconnector
•Systemboardpowersupplyconnectors
•Microprocessor(s)connection
Reseatconnectors
Checkthepowercordforcontinuity.
Powercord
Checkthepower-onswitchforcontinuity.
Power-onswitch
Beepsymptoms
Beepsymptomsaretonesoraseriesoftonesseparatedbypauses(intervalswithoutsound)duringPOST.
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