Lenovo ThinkServer TS130 - Viewing the Test Log; Basic Troubleshooting; General Problems

•T ext:Descriptionoftheerror.
Note:See“POSTerrorcodes”onpage17
forerrorcodelistings.
Formattingtheharddiskdrive
Thediagnosticsprogramofferstwoharddiskdriveformattingmethods:
•QuickErase
•FullErase
ThequickerasemethodprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•DestroystheMasterBootRecord(MBR)ontheharddiskdrive.
•DestroysallcopiesoftheFATTableonallpartitions(boththemasterandbackup).
•Destroysthepartitiontable.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuserthatthisisanon-recoverableprocess.
ThefullerasemethodprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•Performsallthestepsinquickerase.
•ProvidesaDOSutilitythatwritesrandomdatatoallsectorsoftheharddiskdrive.
•Providesanestimateoftimetocompletionalongwithavisualrepresentationofcompletionstatus.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutanon-recoverableprocess.
Important:Makesurethatalldataisbackedupbeforeusingthequickeraseorfullerasefunction.
Torunaquickeraseorfulleraseoperation,dothefollowing:
1.SelecttheUTILITYoptiononthetoolbarandpressEnter.
2.SelecteithertheQUICKERASEHARDDISKorFULLERASEHARDDISKoptionandfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.
Viewingthetestlog
Errorsreportedbythediagnostictestwillbedisplayedasafailure.
Toviewdetailsofafailureortoviewalistoftestresults,usethefollowingprocedurefromanytestcategory
screen:
1.PressF3toactivatethelogle.
2.PressF3againtosavetheleorpressF2toprintthele.
Basictroubleshooting
Thefollowingtablesprovideinformationtohelpyoutroubleshootyourserverproblems.
Note:Ifyoucannotcorrecttheproblem,havetheserverserviced.Foralistofserviceandsupporttelephone
numbers,refertotheWarrantyandSupportInformationdocumentat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone
Generalproblems
Thefollowingtabledescribesthegeneralproblemsandsuggestedactionstocorrectdetectedproblems.
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