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Chapter 7. Solving Problems
This chapter contains information to help you solve some of the
simpler problems you might have with your IBM PC Server 520.
For more complex technical problems, see Chapter 8, “Getting Help,
Service, and Information” on page 367.
This chapter contains:
Getting Started
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Overview of the Diagnostic Tools ................. 307
Power-On Self-Test (POST) .................... 308
POST Beep Codes ......................... 308
Test Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Troubleshooting Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Option Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
About the Test Programs ....................... 312
The Main Menu of the Diagnostic Diskette .......... 313
Program Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
IntruderAlert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Starting the Test Programs ...................... 318
Using the Module Tests ...................... 320
Changing Selected Tests in Test Groups ............ 321
Creating Test Scripts ........................ 321
Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
POST Error Message Table ...................... 325
SCSI Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
ServeRAID Adapter Messages .................... 331
ServeRAID Adapter POST and Setup Messages ....... 331
ServeRAID Adapter Status and Error Messages ....... 335
PeerMaster Adapter Screen Messages ............... 337
Diagnostic and Setup Error Messages ............. 337
Novell NetWare Load-Time Error Messages ......... 341
Novell NetWare Run-Time Messages .............. 346
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Troubleshooting Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Checking the System for Damage ................. 358
After Dropping It .......................... 358
After Spilling Liquid on It .................... 359
Installing Additional Test Programs ................ 360
Using the Utility Programs ..................... 363
Formatting Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
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