Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z - Chapter 7. Symptom-To-FRU Index; Hard Disk Drive Boot Error; Power Supply Problems

Chapter7.Symptom-to-FRUIndex
TheSymptom-to-FRUindexlistserrorsymptomsandpossiblecauses.Themostlikelycauseislistedrst.
AlwaysbeginwithChapter4“GeneralCheckout”onpage31
.Thisindexcanalsobeusedtohelpyou
decidewhichFRUstohaveavailablewhenservicingacomputer.Ifyouareunabletocorrecttheproblem
usingthisindex,goto“Undeterminedproblems”onpage63.
Notes:
•Ifyouhavebothanerrormessageandanincorrectaudioresponse,diagnosetheerrormessagerst.
•Ifyoucannotrunthediagnostictestsoryougetadiagnosticerrorcodewhenrunningatest,butdidreceivea
POSTerrormessage,diagnosethePOSTerrormessagerst.
•Ifyoudidnotreceiveanyerrormessage,lookforadescriptionofyourerrorsymptomsintherstpartofthisindex.
Harddiskdrivebooterror
Aharddiskdrivebooterror(errorcodes1962andI999030X)canhavethefollowingcauses.
ErrorFRU/Action
Thestart-updriveisnotinthebootsequencein
conguration.
Checkthecongurationandensurethestart-updriveis
inthebootsequence.
Nooperatingsysteminstalledonthebootdrive.Installanoperatingsystemonthebootdrive.
Thebootsectoronthestart-updriveiscorrupted.
Thedrivemustbeformatted,dothefollowing:
1.Attempttoback-upthedataonthefailingharddisk
drive.
2.Usingtheoperatingsystemsprograms,formatthe
harddiskdrive.
Thedriveisdefective.
Replacetheharddiskdrive.
PowerSupplyProblems
Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,usethefollowingprocedures.
Check/VerifyFRU/Action
Checkthefollowingforproperinstallation.
•Powercord
•On/Offswitchconnector
•On/Offswitchpowersupplyconnector
•Systemboardpowersupplyconnectors
•Microprocessor(s)connection
Reseatconnectors
Checkthepowercordforcontinuity.PowerCord
Checkthepower-onswitchforcontinuity.Power-onSwitch
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