Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Keyboard, Mouse, and USB Device Problems

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thisactionstepisreservedforatrained
servicetechnicianandmustbeperformedonlybyatrainedservicetechnician.
Symptom
Action
Theamountofsystemmemorythatisdisplayedisless
thanthetotalcapacityoftheinstalledphysicalmemory
modulesandyoususpectamemorymoduleproblem.
1.Ensurethat:
•Allmemorymodulesarethecorrecttype
supportedbytheserver.See“Memorymodule
installationrules”onpage95
.
•Youfollowedthememorymoduleinstallation
rules.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”on
page95
.
•Allmemorymodulesareseatedcorrectlyand
securely.
•Thesystemrmwareisup-to-date.
2.Reinstallthememorymodules.
3.Replacethesuspectmemorymodules.
4.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystem
board.
Keyboard,mouse,andUSBdeviceproblems
Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage187
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.
Symptom
Action
Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork.1.Ensurethat:
•TheUSBkeyboardcableissecurelyconnected
toaUSBconnectorontheserver.IftheUSB
keyboardisconnectedtoaUSBhub,disconnect
thekeyboardfromthehubandconnectitdirectly
totheserver.
•Nokeysarestuck.
•TheUSBcontrollerisenabledintheSetupUtility
program.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage59
.
2.Restarttheserver.
3.Replacethekeyboard.
Themouseorpointingdevicedoesnotwork.1.Ensurethat:
•Themouseorpointingdevicecableissecurely
connectedtotheserver.IftheUSBmouseor
pointingdeviceisconnectedtoaUSBhub,
disconnectthemouseorpointingdevicefromthe
hubandconnectitdirectlytotheserver.
•Themouseorpointingdeviceiscleanandnodust
accumulates.
•Thedevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.
•TheUSBcontrollerisenabledintheSetupUtility
program.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage59
.
2.Restarttheserver.
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