Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Memory Problems

Table21.Keyboard,mouse,orUSB-device'ssymptomsandactions(continued)
SymptomAction
4.Replacethekeyboard.
ThemouseorUSB-device
doesnotwork.
1.Makesurethat:
•ThemouseorUSBdevicecableissecurelyconnectedtotheserver.
•ThemouseorUSBdevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.
•Theserverandthemonitorareturnedon.
•ThemouseoptionisenabledintheSetuputility.
2.IfyouareusingaUSBmouseorUSBdeviceanditisconnectedtoaUSB
hub,disconnectthemouseorUSBdevicefromthehubandconnectitdirectly
totheserver.
3.ReplacethemouseorUSB-device.
Memoryproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby'(Trainedtechnicianonly)',thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyaTrained
technician.
•GototheIBMsupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,
hints,tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
Table22.Memoryproblemsandactions
SymptomAction
Theamountofsystemmemory
thatisdisplayedislessthan
theamountofinstalledphysical
memory.
Note:EachtimeyouinstallorremoveaDIMM,youmustdisconnecttheserverfrom
thepowersource;then,wait10secondsbeforerestartingtheserver.
1.Makesurethat:
•NoerrorLEDsarelitontheoperatorinformationpanel.
•NoDIMMerrorLEDsarelitonthesystemboard.
•Memorymirroredchanneldoesnotaccountforthediscrepancy.
•Thememorymodulesareseatedcorrectly.
•Youhaveinstalledthecorrecttypeofmemory.
•Ifyouchangedthememory,youupdatedthememoryconfigurationinthe
Setuputility.
•Allbanksofmemoryareenabled.Theservermighthaveautomatically
disabledamemorybankwhenitdetectedaproblem,oramemorybank
mighthavebeenmanuallydisabled.
•Thereisnomemorymismatchwhentheserverisattheminimummemory
configuration.
2.ReseattheDIMMs,andthenrestarttheserver.
3.CheckthePOSTerrorlog:
•IfaDIMMwasdisabledbyasystems-managementinterrupt(SMI),replace
theDIMM.
•IfaDIMMwasdisabledbytheuserorbyPOST,reseattheDIMM;then,run
theSetuputilityandenabletheDIMM.
4.CheckthatallDIMMsareinitializedintheSetuputility;then,runmemory
diagnostics(see“RunningDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”onpage145).
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