Getting Started Guide
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... USB 2.0. • A chassis intrusion alert. NOTE: Your system supports integrated video only. Up to two internal 3.5-inch Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives with 65,536 colors; true-color graphics are Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T) capable. width PCIe expansion slot, and one x4 lane- ...NOTE: Use the System Setup program to two cabled SATA hard drives. • Two 32-bit, 33-MHz I/O expansion card slots, one x1 lane-width PCIe expansion slot, one x8 lane-width PCIe expansion slot...
... USB 2.0. • A chassis intrusion alert. NOTE: Your system supports integrated video only. Up to two internal 3.5-inch Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives with 65,536 colors; true-color graphics are Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T) capable. width PCIe expansion slot, and one x4 lane- ...NOTE: Use the System Setup program to two cabled SATA hard drives. • Two 32-bit, 33-MHz I/O expansion card slots, one x1 lane-width PCIe expansion slot, one x8 lane-width PCIe expansion slot...
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... Processor type Expansion Bus Bus type Expansion slots PCIe PCI Memory Architecture Memory module sockets Memory module capacities Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Drives Hard Drives Diskette drive Optical drives 8 Getting Started With Your System Intel® Pentium® D processor, E6000 sequence or Intel Celeron® D, 300 sequence... GB (four 1-GB modules) Up to two non-hot-plug, 3.5-inch, internal SATA hard drives with the integrated SATA controller or Up to two non-hot-plug, 3.5-inch, internal SAS drives with a SAS controller card one optional 2.5-inch, 1.44-MB up to two optional IDE ...
... Processor type Expansion Bus Bus type Expansion slots PCIe PCI Memory Architecture Memory module sockets Memory module capacities Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Drives Hard Drives Diskette drive Optical drives 8 Getting Started With Your System Intel® Pentium® D processor, E6000 sequence or Intel Celeron® D, 300 sequence... GB (four 1-GB modules) Up to two non-hot-plug, 3.5-inch, internal SATA hard drives with the integrated SATA controller or Up to two non-hot-plug, 3.5-inch, internal SAS drives with a SAS controller card one optional 2.5-inch, 1.44-MB up to two optional IDE ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... 43 Replacing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel 44 Diskette Drive 44 Removing the Diskette Drive 44 Installing a Diskette Drive 45 Optical and Tape Drives 47 Removing an Optical or Tape Drive 47 Installing an Optical or Tape Drive 49 Hard Drives 51 Hard Drive Installation Guidelines 51 Removing a Hard Drive 51 Installing a Hard Drive 52 Expansion Cards 56 Removing an Expansion Card 56...
... 43 Replacing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel 44 Diskette Drive 44 Removing the Diskette Drive 44 Installing a Diskette Drive 45 Optical and Tape Drives 47 Removing an Optical or Tape Drive 47 Installing an Optical or Tape Drive 49 Hard Drives 51 Hard Drive Installation Guidelines 51 Removing a Hard Drive 51 Installing a Hard Drive 52 Expansion Cards 56 Removing an Expansion Card 56...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Troubleshooting a Fan 87 Troubleshooting System Memory 87 Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive 89 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 90 Troubleshooting an IDE Tape Drive 91 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 91 Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller 92 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 93 Troubleshooting the Microprocessor 95 5 Running the System Diagnostics 97 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics 97 System Diagnostics Features 97 When to Use the...
... Troubleshooting a Fan 87 Troubleshooting System Memory 87 Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive 89 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 90 Troubleshooting an IDE Tape Drive 91 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 91 Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller 92 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 93 Troubleshooting the Microprocessor 95 5 Running the System Diagnostics 97 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics 97 System Diagnostics Features 97 When to Use the...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...-Panel Features and Indicators 1 2 9 3 8 4 5 7 6 Table 1-2. About Your System 11 Figure 1-1. Indicates hard drive activity. 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. Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the system...
...-Panel Features and Indicators 1 2 9 3 8 4 5 7 6 Table 1-2. About Your System 11 Figure 1-1. Indicates hard drive activity. 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. Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the system...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... troubleshooting system problems. See "Diagnostic Lights" on , the system board is pressed. Check the diagnostic indicators to be replaced. • If the hard drive indicator is on page 15. 12 About Your System The system is probably good. Steady amber - See "Diagnostic Lights" on . NOTE: If ...- The power supply is powered on page 15. Lights when the system is turned off . The system is powering up. • If the hard drive indicator is off, the power supply may need to see if the specific problem is off . Table 1-2. Front-Panel Components (continued) Item Component ...
... troubleshooting system problems. See "Diagnostic Lights" on , the system board is pressed. Check the diagnostic indicators to be replaced. • If the hard drive indicator is on page 15. 12 About Your System The system is probably good. Steady amber - See "Diagnostic Lights" on . NOTE: If ...- The power supply is powered on page 15. Lights when the system is turned off . The system is powering up. • If the hard drive indicator is off, the power supply may need to see if the specific problem is off . Table 1-2. Front-Panel Components (continued) Item Component ...
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..." on page 107. Corrective Action See "Getting Help" on page 82. See "Hard Drives" on page 51 or "Diskette Drive" on page 44 for information on page 79 for the appropriate drive installed in your system. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 107. No memory.... Possible USB failure. page 87. Other failure. Ensure that the diskette drive, optical drive, and hard drives are properly connected. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on error. See "Troubleshooting Your System" on the drives installed in your system. Possible system board resource and/or system board hardware...
..." on page 107. Corrective Action See "Getting Help" on page 82. See "Hard Drives" on page 51 or "Diskette Drive" on page 44 for information on page 79 for the appropriate drive installed in your system. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 107. No memory.... Possible USB failure. page 87. Other failure. Ensure that the diskette drive, optical drive, and hard drives are properly connected. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on error. See "Troubleshooting Your System" on the drives installed in your system. Possible system board resource and/or system board hardware...
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...Actions Alert! Uncorrectable Memory Error Previously Detected... card or integrated on page 87. See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 91. See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 93. Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, have put spaces in the proper place, and have used . Alert! ...or faulty, or the system board may be removed. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on disk read The diskette or hard-drive controller detected an uncorrectable read error. Bad error-correction code (ECC) on page 107. bb/dd/f: Error allocating UMB for PCI ...
...Actions Alert! Uncorrectable Memory Error Previously Detected... card or integrated on page 87. See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 91. See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 93. Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, have put spaces in the proper place, and have used . Alert! ...or faulty, or the system board may be removed. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on disk read The diskette or hard-drive controller detected an uncorrectable read error. Bad error-correction code (ECC) on page 107. bb/dd/f: Error allocating UMB for PCI ...
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... auto-sensing primary master hard disk drive See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 98. Diskette read the data. "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 91. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Data error The diskette drive or hard drive cannot read failure The ...diskette might be defective, or a If the diskette-drive indicator turns on page 107. 20 About Your System Diskette subsystem reset failed...
... auto-sensing primary master hard disk drive See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 98. Diskette read the data. "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 91. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Data error The diskette drive or hard drive cannot read failure The ...diskette might be defective, or a If the diskette-drive indicator turns on page 107. 20 About Your System Diskette subsystem reset failed...
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...Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions General failure The operating system is SATA0-3 or PATA0-1. Hard-disk configuration error Hard-disk controller failure The hard drive failed initialization. Run the system diagnostics. See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 81. ..."Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on page 87. Also, see "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 27. Keyboard failure Keyboard fuse has failed. If the error message appears again, see "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 97. Insert bootable media The operating system is conflicting...
...Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions General failure The operating system is SATA0-3 or PATA0-1. Hard-disk configuration error Hard-disk controller failure The hard drive failed initialization. Run the system diagnostics. See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 81. ..."Troubleshooting the Keyboard" on page 87. Also, see "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 27. Keyboard failure Keyboard fuse has failed. If the error message appears again, see "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 97. Insert bootable media The operating system is conflicting...
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... installed System Memory" on page 83. ensure that a bootable disk is your boot device, ensure that the hard drive is installed, the interface cable is properly connected, and the hard drive is not supported on page 107. If the error message the system configuration information appears again, see "Getting ...program and verify the boot sequence information. No boot device available The system cannot find the diskette or If the diskette drive is in the system. If the hard drive is your boot device, hard drive. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 27. 22 About Your System
... installed System Memory" on page 83. ensure that a bootable disk is your boot device, ensure that the hard drive is installed, the interface cable is properly connected, and the hard drive is not supported on page 107. If the error message the system configuration information appears again, see "Getting ...program and verify the boot sequence information. No boot device available The system cannot find the diskette or If the diskette drive is in the system. If the hard drive is your boot device, hard drive. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 27. 22 About Your System
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... some cases, you might be incorrect. A chip on page 91. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the system board might have too many programs open the program that you want to boot Insert a diskette that...or disk error Not a boot diskette Not enough memory or resources. See your system to restart your operating system documentation for the hard drive. If the message continues to use first See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 107. Reinstall the operating system. In some ...
... some cases, you might be incorrect. A chip on page 91. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the system board might have too many programs open the program that you want to boot Insert a diskette that...or disk error Not a boot diskette Not enough memory or resources. See your system to restart your operating system documentation for the hard drive. If the message continues to use first See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 107. Reinstall the operating system. In some ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... USB keyboard/mouse to fit on the disk. Requested sector not found The operating system cannot read from the diskette or hard drive, the system could not find a particular sector on the back of system memory has changed Memory has been added or ...system not found Seek error A faulty diskette drive or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 91. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 87. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the disk, or the requested ...
... USB keyboard/mouse to fit on the disk. Requested sector not found The operating system cannot read from the diskette or hard drive, the system could not find a particular sector on the back of system memory has changed Memory has been added or ...system not found Seek error A faulty diskette drive or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 91. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 87. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the disk, or the requested ...
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... before you format a diskette, a message will warn you to See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" the diskette drive or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting the System Battery" on page 97. The diskette drive cannot read the diskette. About Your System 25 on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 27. For example, before the system continues a task. Run the...
... before you format a diskette, a message will warn you to See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" the diskette drive or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting the System Battery" on page 97. The diskette drive cannot read the diskette. About Your System 25 on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 27. For example, before the system continues a task. Run the...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... used . Determines whether hard-drive errors for each DIMM socket. This option also displays a table that the device can include the diskette drive, CD drive, hard drives, and USB devices. NOTE: Diskette drives are reported during system ...startup. Enables or disables a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device (such as hard drive or IDE drive). Table 2-3. Displays the Controller type, Port number the drive is using , Drive ID number, Capacity, whether the drive...
... used . Determines whether hard-drive errors for each DIMM socket. This option also displays a table that the device can include the diskette drive, CD drive, hard drives, and USB devices. NOTE: Diskette drives are reported during system ...startup. Enables or disables a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device (such as hard drive or IDE drive). Table 2-3. Displays the Controller type, Port number the drive is using , Drive ID number, Capacity, whether the drive...
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... Core Technology. Table 2-4. Enables or disables the internal USB controller. When serial port 1 is required only if you are booting to an operating system on a hard drive in use COM1 first and then COM3. On enables the controller. NOTE: Operating systems with PXE. Enables or disables the front USB ports independently of...
... Core Technology. Table 2-4. Enables or disables the internal USB controller. When serial port 1 is required only if you are booting to an operating system on a hard drive in use COM1 first and then COM3. On enables the controller. NOTE: Operating systems with PXE. Enables or disables the front USB ports independently of...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Installing System Components This section describes how to install the following system components: • Front drive bezel • Diskette drive • Optical and tape drives • Hard drives • Expansion cards • SAS controller card • Memory • Microprocessor • Cooling fans • System battery • Power supply • Chassis intrusion switch • ...
Installing System Components This section describes how to install the following system components: • Front drive bezel • Diskette drive • Optical and tape drives • Hard drives • Expansion cards • SAS controller card • Memory • Microprocessor • Cooling fans • System battery • Power supply • Chassis intrusion switch • ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... view of the system provide space for an optical drive, an optional tape drive or second optical drive, and an optional diskette drive. Inside the System 3 2 1 4 9 8 7 5 6 1 5.25-inch drive bays (2) 2 4 system board 5 7 heatsink and shroud assembly 8 drive cage hard drives (2) processor cooling fan 3 power supply 6 card cage fan 9 3.5-inch drive bay The system board can accommodate one processor, five...
... view of the system provide space for an optical drive, an optional tape drive or second optical drive, and an optional diskette drive. Inside the System 3 2 1 4 9 8 7 5 6 1 5.25-inch drive bays (2) 2 4 system board 5 7 heatsink and shroud assembly 8 drive cage hard drives (2) processor cooling fan 3 power supply 6 card cage fan 9 3.5-inch drive bay The system board can accommodate one processor, five...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Disconnect the hard drive power cable from the hard drive that you are removing. 4 Disconnect the blue data cable from the electrical outlet. 2 Open the system. Table 3-1. Hard-Drive Configurations Drive Drive Type Number...hard-drive bracket toward each other and slide the drive up to an optional SAS controller expansion card. Hard Drives NOTE: The system's drive configuration must be either SAS or SATA; Hard Drive Installation Guidelines Your system contains up and out of all SATA hard drives or all SAS hard drives. Table 3-1 describes the possible drive configurations. Both drives...
... Disconnect the hard drive power cable from the hard drive that you are removing. 4 Disconnect the blue data cable from the electrical outlet. 2 Open the system. Table 3-1. Hard-Drive Configurations Drive Drive Type Number...hard-drive bracket toward each other and slide the drive up to an optional SAS controller expansion card. Hard Drives NOTE: The system's drive configuration must be either SAS or SATA; Hard Drive Installation Guidelines Your system contains up and out of all SATA hard drives or all SAS hard drives. Table 3-1 describes the possible drive configurations. Both drives...
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... eliminates the likelihood that you are replacing (see Figure 3-10) and insert the empty guide bracket back into the drive bay. Removing and Installing a Hard Drive in the Drive Carrier 1 2 3 1 blue tabs (2) 2 hard drive in primary hard drive bay 3 secondary hard drive bay NOTE: If you do not intend to the electrical outlet, and turn on page 41. 5 If you...
... eliminates the likelihood that you are replacing (see Figure 3-10) and insert the empty guide bracket back into the drive bay. Removing and Installing a Hard Drive in the Drive Carrier 1 2 3 1 blue tabs (2) 2 hard drive in primary hard drive bay 3 secondary hard drive bay NOTE: If you do not intend to the electrical outlet, and turn on page 41. 5 If you...