UniversalSerialBus(USB)portproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby'(Trainedtechnicianonly)',thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyaTrained
technician.
•GototheLenovosupportwebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckfortechnicalinformation,
hints,tips,andnewdevicedriversortosubmitarequestforinformation.
Table15.UniversalSerialBus(USB)portproblemsandactions
SymptomAction
AUSBdevicedoesnotwork.
1.Makesurethat:
•ThecorrectUSBdevicedriverisinstalled.
•TheoperatingsystemsupportsUSBdevices.
2.MakesurethattheUSBconfigurationoptionsaresetcorrectlyintheSetup
utility(see“UsingtheSetuputility”onpage34
formoreinformation).
3.IfyouareusingaUSBhub,disconnecttheUSBdevicefromthehuband
connectitdirectlytotheserver.
Solvingpowerproblems
Usethisinformationtosolvepowerproblems.
Powerproblemscanbedifficulttosolve.Forexample,ashortcircuitcanexistanywhereonanyofthe
powerdistributionbuses.Usually,ashortcircuitwillcausethepowersubsystemtoshutdownbecauseof
anovercurrentcondition.Todiagnoseapowerproblem,usethefollowinggeneralprocedure:
Step1.Turnofftheserveranddisconnectallpowercords.
Step2.Checkforloosecablesinthepowersubsystem.Alsocheckforshortcircuits,forexample,ifa
loosescrewiscausingashortcircuitonacircuitboard.
Step3.TurnontheserverandchecktheLEDs.
Step4.Turnofftheserveranddisconnectallpowercords.
Step5.Removetheadaptersanddisconnectthecablesandpowercordstoallinternalandexternal
devicesuntiltheserverisattheminimumconfigurationthatisrequiredfortheservertostart(see
“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage60).
Step6.Reconnectallacpowercordsandturnontheserver.Iftheserverstartssuccessfully,reseatthe
adaptersanddevicesoneatatimeuntiltheproblemisisolated.
Iftheserverdoesnotstartfromtheminimumconfiguration,see“Frontview”onpage21toreplacethe
componentsintheminimumconfigurationoneatatimeuntiltheproblemisisolated.
SolvingEthernetcontrollerproblems
UsethisinformationtosolvetheEthernetcontrollerproblems.
ThemethodthatyouusetotesttheEthernetcontrollerdependsonwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
Seetheoperating-systemdocumentationforinformationaboutEthernetcontrollers,andseetheEthernet
controllerdevice-driverreadmefile.
Trythefollowingprocedures:
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