Dell Precision T5400 Support Question
Dell Precision T5400 Support Question
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Question posted by gwashington on November 4th, 2011
Hard Drive Fan Failure On T5400? How Do I Fix?
When I boot up my computer I get a screen that says ALERT! Hard drive fan failure. Press F1 to continue, F2 to enter setup, or F12 to enter diagnostics. When I hit F1, the computer boots up normally. I ran the diagnostics and all tests passed. What could be the problem?
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Answer #1: Posted by joegwhited89 on March 25th, 2012 6:15 PM
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Open the case and boot the system, check which fan is failing if any. If you have a third HDD installed there is an extra fan for that, but it probably means the large fan in the front. If you notice a fan not working, locate the Dell part number on the fan beginning with CN-0XXXXX-NNNNNN-NNNN the five X's represent the number that you would type into google or ebay to find a repacement. If all of the fans appear to be working, just unplug them all and plug them back in, do this with the system un-plugged.
Related Dell Precision T5400 Manual Pages
Quick Reference Guide - Page 7
..., patches, and software updates
• Desktop System Software (DSS) -
What Are ... business segment, and enter
DSS utility.
Proactive ...drives, USB devices, and so on my computer configuration, product specifications, and white papers
• Downloads - The
2 Select Drivers & Downloads and click Go.
3 Click your operating system and search for components, such as memory, the hard drive...
Quick Reference Guide - Page 18
The light might also be on when the computer reads data from or writes data to the hard drive. The hard drive light is operating. You can use this bay for high-speed data devices such as your CD drive is on when a device such as digital video cameras and external storage devices.
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Quick Reference...
Quick Reference Guide - Page 23
... data to a USB device, see "System Setup" in your CD player is on when a device such as your User's Guide.) Dell recommends that you connect occasionally, such as flash memory keys or cameras, or for bootable USB devices. (For more information on booting to the hard drive. You can use the bay for a floppy...
Quick Reference Guide - Page 30
A possible floppy or hard drive failure has occurred. Suggested Resolution
• If two or more memory modules are detected, but a memory failure has occurred.
A possible graphics card failure has occurred. A possible USB failure has occurred. Light ... Guide
If the computer starts normally, continue to install additional memory modules (one module, and then restart the computer.
Quick Reference Guide - Page 32
... User's Guide).
Another failure has occurred.
• Ensure that all hard drive and CD/DVD drive cables are properly connected to the system board (see "System Board Components" in your User's Guide).
• If there is an error message on the screen identifying a problem with a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive), check the device to...
Quick Reference Guide - Page 35
... ensure that the boot sequence information is loose (see "Entering System Setup" in your User's Guide). Replace the floppy disk with one that best describes the problem and click Next to resolve the incompatibility. N O T A B O O T D I S K E R R O R - This feature can use the Hardware Troubleshooter to follow the remaining troubleshooting steps. Possible hard drive failure during the...
Quick Reference Guide - Page 36
...Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
1 Turn on page 37.
Dell recommends that best describes the problem and follow the safety instructions in the search field and press to test displays in system setup...: The Dell Diagnostics works only on page 45 and run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities disc. Enter system setup (see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. NOTE: If...
User's Guide - Page 27
Hard Drive Bay Rotated Out
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5 4
1 power supply 4 front fan
2 system board 5 card fan
3 memory fan
About Your Computer
27 1 power supply 3 FlexBay 5 upper 5.25-inch drive bay
2 rotatable hard drive bay 4 lower 5.25-inch drive bay
Inside View -
User's Guide - Page 29
...)
24 front panel audio connector (FP_AUDIO)
25 PCI Express x8 card slot, wired as x4 26 hard drive fan connector (FAN_HDD) (SLOT1_PCIE)
27 memory module connectors (DIMM_1-8)
28 memory fan connector (FAN_MEM)
Cable Colors
Device SATA hard drive floppy drive optical drive front panel
Color blue cable black pull tab orange cable yellow pull tab
About Your Computer...
User's Guide - Page 47
...." A managed system is available for thermal alerts from temperature probes or hard-drive failure alerts from storage devices.
• Change the state...for your computer. NOTE: All components installed in system setup (see the Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation User's Guide ...feature(s) and have the appropriate drivers loaded to enter either of these sleep modes. Dell OpenManage Client...
User's Guide - Page 51
...RAID configuration, it is information that allows for RAID level 1
segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6
hard drive 1
segment 1 duplicated segment 2 duplicated segment 3 duplicated segment 4 duplicated segment 5 duplicated segment 6 duplicated
hard drive 2
If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to be rebuilt using the data from the...
User's Guide - Page 61
... RAID level 0 configuration. Do not use your hard drives when you are prompted to keep before continuing.
1 Set your configuration, and then press . and down -arrow keys and spacebar to select the two or three drives that you want to use to make up data that you want to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility...
User's Guide - Page 98
..., for example, to a USB connector (see the Microsoft Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer.
3 When F2 = Setup, F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press .
When F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, press . If the floppy disk in the drive is not bootable, if no floppy disk is in the...
User's Guide - Page 125
...check cable connections, and then restart the computer. Reinstall all power and data cables and restart the computer.
A possible USB failure has occurred. Suggested Resolution
1 If the computer has a graphics card, remove the card, reinstall it, and then restart ...(see "Contacting Dell" on page 295). Troubleshooting Tools
125 A possible floppy or hard drive failure has occurred.
User's Guide - Page 132
...See (see "Dell Diagnostics" on page 112. See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 107. HARD-DISK DRIVE FAILURE - BAD ERROR-CORRECTION CODE (ECC) ON DISK READ - See "Drive Problems" on page 112. See "Drive Problems" on page 107.
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Troubleshooting Tools CONTROLLER HAS FAILED -
DRIVE NOT READY - GATE A20 FAILURE - HARD-DISK DRIVE FAILURE -
HARD-DISK CONFIGURATION ERROR...
User's Guide - Page 133
... LOGIC FAILURE AT address, READ value EXPECTING value - NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE - • If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is in the
drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that
the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device. • Enter system setup and...
User's Guide - Page 135
... then
reformat the floppy disk or hard drive.
TIME-OF-DAY NOT SET- Troubleshooting Tools
135 READ FAULT -
See (see "System Setup" on page 89).
Enter system setup and correct the date or time (see "Dell Diagnostics" on page 176). See "Drive Problems" on page 107. See "Drive Problems" on page 107.
SHUTDOWN FAILURE - See (see "Battery" on page...
User's Guide - Page 137
... Windows desktop.
Troubleshooting Tools
137 If you see "Turning Off Your Computer" on page 151), and try again. Then shut down your computer. 2 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
1 Turn on (or restart) your computer and try again.
3 When the boot device list appears, highlight Boot to...
User's Guide - Page 165
... the computer cover (see "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 153).
3 Rotate the hard-drive carrier out of the computer (see "Rotating the Hard Drive Carrier Out of the Computer" on page 156).
4 Disconnect the card fan connector from the system board.
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1 card fan
3 card fan connector (FAN_CCAG on system board)
5 full-length card retainer piece
2 card...
User's Guide - Page 283
...the system is in tower mode, pull to remove the full-length card retainer piece beside the card fan.
11 Disconnect the Power1 and Power2 connectors from the system board (see "System Board Components" on page...cable guide on the front fan.
13 Press the tab between the card fan and the front fan towards the card fan as you lift it up and out of the computer.
14 Unscrew the fan case and lift to remove...
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