Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Microprocessor Problems; Monitor Problems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•SeethepartslistinginChapter7“Partslisting,RD230Types1043,1044,4010,and4011”onpage91to
determinewhichcomponentsarecustomerreplaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeld
replaceableunits(FRUs).
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.
SymptomAction
3.ReturntheremovedDIMMs,onepairatatime,totheiroriginalconnectors,
restartingtheserveraftereachpair,untilapairfails.ReplaceeachDIMMinthe
failedpairwithanidenticalknowngoodDIMM,restartingtheserverafteryou
reinstalleachDIMM.ReplacethefailedDIMM.Repeatstep3onpage15
until
youhavetestedallremovedDIMMs.
4.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystemboard.
Microprocessorproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•SeethepartslistinginChapter7“Partslisting,RD230Types1043,1044,4010,and4011”onpage91
to
determinewhichcomponentsarecustomerreplaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeld
replaceableunits(FRUs).
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.
SymptomAction
Theserveremitsacontinuous
beepduringthePOST,
indicatingthatthestartup
(boot)microprocessorisnot
workingcorrectly.
1.Makesurethattheserversupportsallthemicroprocessorsandthatthe
microprocessorsmatchinspeedandcachesize.
2.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Reseatmicroprocessor1.
3.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Ifthereisnoindicationofwhichmicroprocessor
hasfailed,isolatetheerrorbytestingwithonemicroprocessoratatime.
4.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:
a.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Microprocessor2
b.VRM2
c.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard
5.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Ifmultipleerrorcodesindicateamicroprocessor
error,reversethelocationsoftwomicroprocessorstodeterminewhetherthe
errorisassociatedwithamicroprocessororwithamicroprocessorsocket.
•Iftheerrorisassociatedwithamicroprocessor,replacethemicroprocessor.
•IftheerrorisassociatedwithaVRM,replacetheVRM.
•Iftheerrorisassociatedwithamicroprocessorsocket,replacethesystem
board.
Monitorproblems
Somemonitorshavetheirownself-tests.Ifyoususpectaproblemwithyourmonitor,seethedocumentation
thatcomeswiththemonitorforinstructionsfortestingandadjustingthemonitor.
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