IBM A40I TYPE 2271

Contents
Chapter 1. General Checkout . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. General Information . . . . . 3
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 3. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 7
Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Product Recovery Program menu . . . . . . . 8
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Diagnostics download . . . . . . . . . . 8
Navigating through the diagnostic programs . . 9
Running diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . 9
Test selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Module test menu/hardware configuration report 9
Memory Diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . 10
Alert-On LAN
™
test . . . . . . . . . . 10
Asset ID
™
test . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Test results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hard file Smart test . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fixed Disk Optimized Test . . . . . . . . 11
Quick and Full erase - hard drive . . . . . . 12
Iomega Zip drive test . . . . . . . . . . 12
Asset EEPROM backup . . . . . . . . . 12
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . 13
When to use the Low-Level Format program . . . 13
Preparing the hard disk drive for use . . . . . . 13
Chapter 4. Installing Options . . . . . 15
Input/Output connectors . . . . . . . . . . 15
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Internal drive removal and replacement . . . . . 16
Installing internal drives in bays 1, 2, 3 and 4 . . 17
CD-ROM drive jumper settings . . . . . . 18
Installing internal drives in bays 5, 6 and 7 . . . 18
Hard disk drive jumper settings . . . . . 21
Installing a security U-bolt . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adapter slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AGP adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Audio adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ADSL modem . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Home PNA network adapter . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 5. FRU Replacements . . . . . 27
Computer exploded view . . . . . . . . . . 28
A40/A40P/A40i system board layout . . . . . 29
System board locations . . . . . . . . . 29
System board jumper settings . . . . . . . 29
Clear CMOS/Flash Boot Block Recovery . . . 30
Processor Speed Settings . . . . . . . . 30
System board memory . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . 30
PCI extender card removal . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing a system board . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing a processor . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacing the speaker . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
20-pin main power supply connection . . . . 33
Power supply removal . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 6. Symptom-to-FRU Index . . . 37
SIMM/DIMM/RIMM memory errors . . . . . . 37
Hard disk drive boot error . . . . . . . . . 38
Diagnostic error codes . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
No-beep symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Miscellaneous error messages . . . . . . . . 73
Undetermined problems . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 7. Parts . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parts listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Keyboards (PCNext Lite Pearl White) . . . . . . 81
Computer Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . 83
Recovery CDs - Machine Type 6840, 6841 . . . . 83
Recovery CDs Win 98 Machine - Type 6840, 6841 . . 84
Recovery CDs Win 2000 - Machine Type 6840, 6841 84
Special tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Chapter 8. Additional Service
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing a power-on password . . . . . 85
Administrator password . . . . . . . . 86
Administrator password control . . . . . 86
Operating system password . . . . . . . 86
Vital product data . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Management Information Format (MIF) . . . . 86
Alert on LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
BIOS levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Flash (BIOS/VPD) update procedure . . . . . . 88
Flash recovery boot block jumper . . . . . . . 88
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Automatic configuration and power interface
(ACPI) BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . 89
Automatic Hardware Power Management
features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Setting Automatic Hardware Power Management
features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic Power-On features . . . . . . . 90
Network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Flash over LAN (update POST/BIOS over
network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Wake on LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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