v  Follow  the  suggested  actions  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  listed  in  the  Action  column  until  the  problem 
is  solved. 
v  See  the  Problem  Determination  and  Service  Guide  on  the  IBM  System  x  Documentation  CD  to  determine  which 
components  are  customer  replaceable  units  (CRU)  and  which  components  are  field  replaceable  units 
(FRU). 
v  If  an  action  step  is  preceded  by  “(Trained  service  technician  only),”  that  step  must  be  performed  only  by  a 
trained  service  technician. 
Error  code  Description  Action 
1810  PCI  error. 
1.  Make  sure  that  no  devices  have  been  disabled  in 
the  Configuration/Setup  Utility  program. 
2.  Reseat  the  failing  adapter. 
Note:  If  an  error  LED  is  lit  for  a  specific  adapter, 
reseat  that  adapter  first;  if  no  LEDs  are  lit,  reseat 
each  adapter  one  at  a  time,  restarting  the  server 
each  time,  to  isolate  the  failing  adapter. 
3.  Replace  the  following  components  one  at  a  time, 
in  the  order  shown,  restarting  the  server  each 
time: 
a.  Each  adapter 
b.  (Trained  service  technician  only)  PCI-X  board 
01295085  ECC  checking  hardware  test  error. 
1.  Reseat  the  following  components: 
a.  DIMM 
b.  (Trained  service  technician  only) 
Microprocessor
2.
  Replace  the  following  components  one  at  a  time, 
in  the  order  shown,  restarting  the  server  each 
time: 
a.  (Trained  service  technician  only) 
Microprocessor 
b.  DIMM 
c.  (Trained  service  technician  only)  System 
board 
01298001  No  update  data  for  processor  1. 
1.  Make  sure  that  all  microprocessors  have  the 
same  cache  size  (see  the  Problem  Determination 
and  Service  Guide  on  the  IBM  System  x 
Documentation  CD). 
2.  Update  the  BIOS  code. 
3.  (Trained  service  technician  only)  Reseat 
microprocessor  1. 
4.  (Trained  service  technician  only)  Replace 
microprocessor  1. 
01298002  No  update  data  for  processor  2. 
1.  Make  sure  that  all  microprocessors  have  the 
same  cache  size  (see  the  Problem  Determination 
and  Service  Guide  on  the  IBM  System  x 
Documentation  CD). 
2.  Update  the  BIOS  code  again  (see  the  Problem 
Determination  and  Service  Guide  on  the  IBM 
System  x  Documentation  CD). 
3.  (Trained  service  technician  only)  Reseat 
microprocessor  2. 
4.  (Trained  service  technician  only)  Replace 
microprocessor  2. 
 
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