Information Update
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... failed to ensure compatibility. Corrective Actions Ensure that your Hardware Owner's Manual. Dell™ PowerEdge™ SC 1430 Systems Information Update Installing a Fourth Hard Drive A fourth hard drive requires an optional hard-drive carrier with a cooling fan. See "System Messages" in your system may display... Open the processor access door on the screen. Installation steps are described in "Installing an Optional Fourth Hard Drive" in your Hardware Owner's Manual. See "Memory" in your Hardware Owner's Manual for information about other system messages. Reseat...
... failed to ensure compatibility. Corrective Actions Ensure that your Hardware Owner's Manual. Dell™ PowerEdge™ SC 1430 Systems Information Update Installing a Fourth Hard Drive A fourth hard drive requires an optional hard-drive carrier with a cooling fan. See "System Messages" in your system may display... Open the processor access door on the screen. Installation steps are described in "Installing an Optional Fourth Hard Drive" in your Hardware Owner's Manual. See "Memory" in your Hardware Owner's Manual for information about other system messages. Reseat...
Getting Started Guide
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... tape backup device • SATA controller that supports up to two cabled SATA hard drives, and up to two 3.5-inch internal Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA hard drives using a hard drive carrier. true-color graphics are data only. The upgrade kit from Dell. This video subsystem contains a minimum of 16MB of this feature, you must use...
... tape backup device • SATA controller that supports up to two cabled SATA hard drives, and up to two 3.5-inch internal Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA hard drives using a hard drive carrier. true-color graphics are data only. The upgrade kit from Dell. This video subsystem contains a minimum of 16MB of this feature, you must use...
Getting Started Guide
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... you decide to install a fourth hard drive, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for use in the flex bay, you decide to install a third hard drive in second 5.25-inch bay only) (SATA drive when available) NOTE: A tape backup drive may not install an internal diskette drive. Drives Hard Drives Diskette drive Optical drives Tape drive Flash drive up to two optional IDE...
... you decide to install a fourth hard drive, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for use in the flex bay, you decide to install a third hard drive in second 5.25-inch bay only) (SATA drive when available) NOTE: A tape backup drive may not install an internal diskette drive. Drives Hard Drives Diskette drive Optical drives Tape drive Flash drive up to two optional IDE...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Replacing the Front Drive Bezel Insert 47 Hard Drives 48 Hard Drive Installation Guidelines 48 Removing a Hard Drive from the Rotatable Carrier 49 Installing a Hard Drive in the Rotatable Carrier 50 Removing an Optional Third Hard Drive 54 Installing an Optional Third Hard Drive 55 Removing an Optional Fourth Hard Drive 58 Installing an Optional Fourth Hard Drive 59 Diskette Drive 63 Removing the Diskette Drive 63 Installing a Diskette...
... Replacing the Front Drive Bezel Insert 47 Hard Drives 48 Hard Drive Installation Guidelines 48 Removing a Hard Drive from the Rotatable Carrier 49 Installing a Hard Drive in the Rotatable Carrier 50 Removing an Optional Third Hard Drive 54 Installing an Optional Third Hard Drive 55 Removing an Optional Fourth Hard Drive 58 Installing an Optional Fourth Hard Drive 59 Diskette Drive 63 Removing the Diskette Drive 63 Installing a Diskette...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Installing the Power Supply 82 Replacing the Cooling Fans 83 Replacing the Card and Front Fans 83 Replacing the Memory Fan 85 Replacing the Fourth Hard-Drive Fan 86 Chassis Intrusion Switch 86 Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch 86 Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch 87 Removing and Replacing the Bezel (Service Only...
... Installing the Power Supply 82 Replacing the Cooling Fans 83 Replacing the Card and Front Fans 83 Replacing the Memory Fan 85 Replacing the Fourth Hard-Drive Fan 86 Chassis Intrusion Switch 86 Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch 86 Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch 87 Removing and Replacing the Bezel (Service Only...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Cooling Problems 102 Troubleshooting a Fan 103 Troubleshooting System Memory 103 Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive 105 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 106 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 107 Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller 108 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 109 Troubleshooting the Microprocessors 110 5 Running the System Diagnostics 113 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics 113 System Diagnostics Features 113 When to Use the System Diagnostics...
... Cooling Problems 102 Troubleshooting a Fan 103 Troubleshooting System Memory 103 Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive 105 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 106 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 107 Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller 108 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 109 Troubleshooting the Microprocessors 110 5 Running the System Diagnostics 113 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics 113 System Diagnostics Features 113 When to Use the System Diagnostics...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... 1-2. Front-Panel Components Item Component Icon 1 upper 5.25-inch drive bay 2 lower 5.25-inch drive bay 3 flex bay 4 hard-drive activity indicator Description Holds an optical drive. Holds an optional optical or half-height tape drive, or a fourth hard drive (requires mounting bracket). Holds a diskette drive or an optional third hard drive. Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1 shows the controls...
... 1-2. Front-Panel Components Item Component Icon 1 upper 5.25-inch drive bay 2 lower 5.25-inch drive bay 3 flex bay 4 hard-drive activity indicator Description Holds an optical drive. Holds an optional optical or half-height tape drive, or a fourth hard drive (requires mounting bracket). Holds a diskette drive or an optional third hard drive. Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1 shows the controls...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...indicators to see if the specific problem is identified. No light - Check the diagnostic indicators to be replaced. • If the hard-drive indicator is on, the system board is powered on page 15. 12 About Your System See "Diagnostics Indicator Codes" on page ...15. The system is faulty. The system is powering up. • If the hard-drive indicator is off . Steady green - Blinking amber - Front-Panel Components (continued) Item Component Icon 5 USB connectors (2) Description Connects USB 2.0-compliant ...
...indicators to see if the specific problem is identified. No light - Check the diagnostic indicators to be replaced. • If the hard-drive indicator is on, the system board is powered on page 15. 12 About Your System See "Diagnostics Indicator Codes" on page ...15. The system is faulty. The system is powering up. • If the hard-drive indicator is off . Steady green - Blinking amber - Front-Panel Components (continued) Item Component Icon 5 USB connectors (2) Description Connects USB 2.0-compliant ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...Microprocessors" on page 110. (blinking) Table 1-5. Possible video failure. See "Hard Drives" on page 48 and "Diskette Drive" on page 63 for information on the drives installed in recovery properly. Diagnostic Indicator Codes During POST Code Causes Corrective Action ...BIOS checksum failure Ensure that the diskette drive and hard drives are functioning detected; Diskette drive or hard drive failure. See "Troubleshooting the Microprocessors" on page 110. If the problem persists, see "...
...Microprocessors" on page 110. (blinking) Table 1-5. Possible video failure. See "Hard Drives" on page 48 and "Diskette Drive" on page 63 for information on the drives installed in recovery properly. Diagnostic Indicator Codes During POST Code Causes Corrective Action ...BIOS checksum failure Ensure that the diskette drive and hard drives are functioning detected; Diskette drive or hard drive failure. See "Troubleshooting the Microprocessors" on page 110. If the problem persists, see "...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 123. failure. See "Troubleshooting Your System" on page 123. Ensure that the diskette drive, optical drive, and hard drives are authorized to notify you receive a system message that cables are firmly seated in a normal operating condition after POST. System Messages...is in the improperly installed or has failed. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 95 for the appropriate drive installed in Table 1-6, check the documentation for the application that can occur and the probable cause and corrective action for an ...
...problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 123. failure. See "Troubleshooting Your System" on page 123. Ensure that the diskette drive, optical drive, and hard drives are authorized to notify you receive a system message that cables are firmly seated in a normal operating condition after POST. System Messages...is in the improperly installed or has failed. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 95 for the appropriate drive installed in Table 1-6, check the documentation for the application that can occur and the probable cause and corrective action for an ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... not connected to the last system startup. Specified fan failed before last system startup. 18 About Your System hard-drive fan for optional fourth hard drive • FAN_MEM - Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! hard-drive fan for optional fourth hard drive • FAN_MEM - See "Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch" on page 27. The system cover has been opened...
... not connected to the last system startup. Specified fan failed before last system startup. 18 About Your System hard-drive fan for optional fourth hard drive • FAN_MEM - Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! hard-drive fan for optional fourth hard drive • FAN_MEM - See "Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch" on page 27. The system cover has been opened...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... "Expansion Cards" on diskette. Faulty or improperly installed PCIe card in the specified slot. Corrective Actions Use a bootable diskette, CD, or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 70. Faulty or improperly installed PCIe card in the specified slot. Reseat the PCIe card in the... specified slot number. Reseat the PCIe card in the specified slot number. See "Expansion Cards" on page 103. Check the hard-drive configuration settings in System Setup program, or no boot disk in the specified slot number. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page...
... "Expansion Cards" on diskette. Faulty or improperly installed PCIe card in the specified slot. Corrective Actions Use a bootable diskette, CD, or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 70. Faulty or improperly installed PCIe card in the specified slot. Reseat the PCIe card in the... specified slot number. Reseat the PCIe card in the specified slot number. See "Expansion Cards" on page 103. Check the hard-drive configuration settings in System Setup program, or no boot disk in the specified slot number. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...read Requested sector not found Seek error Seek operation failed Faulty diskette or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 99, "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 105, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 107 for jumper location. ROM bad checksum = address ...System Memory" on page 109. Replace the diskette. Ensure that faulty. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 105 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 107 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. Expansion Cards" on page 109. Plug & Play Configuration Error Error...
...read Requested sector not found Seek error Seek operation failed Faulty diskette or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 99, "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 105, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 107 for jumper location. ROM bad checksum = address ...System Memory" on page 109. Replace the diskette. Ensure that faulty. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 105 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 107 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. Expansion Cards" on page 109. Plug & Play Configuration Error Error...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... from www.dell.com or your Dell sales agent to determine if single-bit or multi-bit errors were detected and replace the faulty memory module. Timer chip counter 2 failed Faulty system board. See "Troubleshooting the System Battery" on page 73. See system battery. See "System Battery" on the boot hard drive. Utility partition... used . Unsupported CPU combination Unsupported CPU stepping detected Microprocessor(s) is not supported by Install a supported microprocessor or the system. Create a utility partition on the boot hard drive. Warning!
... from www.dell.com or your Dell sales agent to determine if single-bit or multi-bit errors were detected and replace the faulty memory module. Timer chip counter 2 failed Faulty system board. See "Troubleshooting the System Battery" on page 73. See system battery. See "System Battery" on the boot hard drive. Utility partition... used . Unsupported CPU combination Unsupported CPU stepping detected Microprocessor(s) is not supported by Install a supported microprocessor or the system. Create a utility partition on the boot hard drive. Warning!
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... page 105, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 106, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on selected drive Faulty diskette, optical/diskette drive assembly, hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem. For example, before the system continues a task. NOTE: Warning messages are not covered in...on page 76. Alert messages include information, status, warning, and failure messages for drive, temperature, fan, and power conditions. Table 1-6. Diagnostics Messages When you run with slot 1. Dell recommends a population of an abbreviation or acronym used in slot 1. System Messages (...
... page 105, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 106, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on selected drive Faulty diskette, optical/diskette drive assembly, hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem. For example, before the system continues a task. NOTE: Warning messages are not covered in...on page 76. Alert messages include information, status, warning, and failure messages for drive, temperature, fan, and power conditions. Table 1-6. Diagnostics Messages When you run with slot 1. Dell recommends a population of an abbreviation or acronym used in slot 1. System Messages (...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...and "Using the Setup Password" on page 38 for a USB flash drive. SATA Port X Displays type and capacity of the Logical Processor option. Available options can include the diskette drive, CD drive, hard drives, and network. The first hard drive in the system will be available in a software RAID 1 configuration..... See Table 2-3. Only the first IDE device found will be used to boot to boot from the other hard drives in the order specified in Hard-Disk Drive Sequence before searching for boot devices during the POST. See "System Event Log" on page 32. Select Report...
...and "Using the Setup Password" on page 38 for a USB flash drive. SATA Port X Displays type and capacity of the Logical Processor option. Available options can include the diskette drive, CD drive, hard drives, and network. The first hard drive in the system will be available in a software RAID 1 configuration..... See Table 2-3. Only the first IDE device found will be used to boot to boot from the other hard drives in the order specified in Hard-Disk Drive Sequence before searching for boot devices during the POST. See "System Event Log" on page 32. Select Report...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... parallel port can output data only to use , the port is connected to boot from the network. Optional Hard-Disk Drive Displays Installed if the optional fourth hard-drive carrier fan cable is disabled. Changes take effect after the system reboots. MAC Address Displays the MAC address for... the parallel port. The system automatically disables the built-in parallel port can also configure the drive as Read-Only, or Off...
... parallel port can output data only to use , the port is connected to boot from the network. Optional Hard-Disk Drive Displays Installed if the optional fourth hard-drive carrier fan cable is disabled. Changes take effect after the system reboots. MAC Address Displays the MAC address for... the parallel port. The system automatically disables the built-in parallel port can also configure the drive as Read-Only, or Off...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Installing System Components This section describes how to install the following system components: • Front drive bezel • Hard drives • Diskette drive • Optical and tape drives • Expansion cards • SAS controller card • Microprocessor • Memory • System battery • Power supply • Cooling Fans • Chassis intrusion switch • ...
Installing System Components This section describes how to install the following system components: • Front drive bezel • Hard drives • Diskette drive • Optical and tape drives • Expansion cards • SAS controller card • Microprocessor • Memory • System battery • Power supply • Cooling Fans • Chassis intrusion switch • ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... up to provide an interior view of the system provide space for an optical drive; and an optional tape drive, second optical drive, or fourth hard drive. The fourth hard drive requires a special drive carrier for more that two SATA hard drives. Power is required for SAS hard drives or for installation. Figure 3-1. Inside the System In Figure 3-1, the system cover is...
... up to provide an interior view of the system provide space for an optical drive; and an optional tape drive, second optical drive, or fourth hard drive. The fourth hard drive requires a special drive carrier for more that two SATA hard drives. Power is required for SAS hard drives or for installation. Figure 3-1. Inside the System In Figure 3-1, the system cover is...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Before performing any of the components inside the computer and protecting against the rotatable hard-drive carrier. 44 Installing System Components Figure 3-2. Opening and Closing the System 1 1 release tab Rotatable Hard-Drive Carrier Rotating the Hard-Drive Carrier Out of the System CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any...
Before performing any of the components inside the computer and protecting against the rotatable hard-drive carrier. 44 Installing System Components Figure 3-2. Opening and Closing the System 1 1 release tab Rotatable Hard-Drive Carrier Rotating the Hard-Drive Carrier Out of the System CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any...