Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Intermittent Problems

Table18.DVDdrive'ssymptomsandactions(continued)
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly)”,thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyaTrained
technician.
•GototheIBMsupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,hints,
tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
SymptomAction
a.DVDdrive
b.DVDdrivecable
4.Replacethecomponentslistedinstep3oneatatime,intheordershown,
restartingtheservereachtime.
5.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Replacethesystemboard.
ACDorDVDisnotworking
correctly.
1.CleantheCDorDVD.
2.ReplacetheCDorDVDwithnewCDorDVDmedia.
3.RuntheDVDdrivediagnosticprograms.
4.Checktheconnectorandsignalcableforbentpinsordamage.
5.ReseattheDVDdrive.
6.ReplacetheDVDdrive.
TheDVDdrivetrayisnot
working.
1.Makesurethattheserveristurnedon.
2.Inserttheendofastraightenedpaperclipintothemanualtray-releaseopening.
3.ReseattheDVDdrive.
4.ReplacetheDVDdrive.
Intermittentproblems
Table19.Intermittentproblemsandactions
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly)”,thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyatrained
technician.
•GototheIBMsupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,hints,
tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
SymptomAction
Aproblemoccursonly
occasionallyandisdifficultto
diagnose.
1.Makesurethat:
•Allcablesandcordsareconnectedsecurelytotherearoftheserverand
attacheddevices.
•Whentheserveristurnedon,airisflowingfromthefangrille.Ifthereis
noairflow,thefanisnotworking.Thiscancausetheservertooverheat
andshutdown.
2.Checkthesystem-errorlogorIMM2eventlog(see“Eventlogs”onpage96).
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