Lenovo ThinkStation P310 - Intermittent Problems; Storage Drive Problems

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Solutions:
•Disableanybackgroundprograms,suchasAntiVirusorDesktopThemes.
•Ensurethatvideoresolutionissettolessthan1152x864pixels.
Invaliddiscornodiscfoundmessage
Solutions:
•EnsurethataDVDdiscisinthedrivewiththeshinysideofthediscfacingdown.
•Ensurethatvideoresolutionissettolessthan1152x864pixels.
•OncomputersthathaveaCD-ROMorCD-RWdriveinadditiontoaDVD-ROMdrive,ensurethatthe
DVDdiscisinthedrivelabeled“DVD”.
Intermittentproblems
Someproblemsoccuronlyoccasionallyandaredifficulttorepeat.
Solutions:
•Ensurethatallcablesandcordsaresecurelyconnectedtothecomputerandconnecteddevices.
•Ensurethatwhenthecomputerison,thefangrillisnotblocked(thereisairflowaroundthegrill),andthe
fansareworking.Ifairflowisblockedorthefansarenotworking,thecomputermightoverheat.
•IfSmallComputerSystemInterface(SCSI)devicesareinstalled,ensurethatthelastexternaldevicein
eachSCSIchainisterminatedcorrectly.Formoreinformation,seeyourSCSIdocumentation.
Storagedriveproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“SomeorallstoragedrivesmissingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage48
•“Systemnotstartingupfromthecorrectstoragedriveor"NoOperatingSystemFound"message”
onpage48
SomeorallstoragedrivesmissingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram
Solutions:
•Ensurethatallstoragedrivesignalcablesandpowercablesareconnectedcorrectly.
•Ensurethatyourcomputerisconfiguredcorrectlytosupportthestoragedrives.
–IfyourcomputerisinstalledwithfiveSATAstoragedrives,ensurethattheSATAstoragedrive
enablementmodule(onetofivestoragedrives)isinstalled.
–IfyourcomputerisinstalledwithSASstoragedrives,ensurethattheSASstoragedriveenablement
module(onetofivestoragedrives)ortheLSIMegaRAIDSASadapterisinstalled.
Systemnotstartingupfromthecorrectstoragedriveor"NoOperatingSystem
Found"message
Solutions:
•Ensurethatallstoragedrivesignalcablesandpowercablesareconnectedcorrectly.
•EnsurethatthestoragedriveyourcomputerstartsupfromislistedasthefirststartupdeviceintheSetup
Utilityprogram.Referto“Changingthestartupdevicesequencepermanently”onpage40
.
Note:Inrarecases,thestoragedrivewiththeoperatingsystemmightgetcorruptedordamaged.Insuch
cases,replacethestoragedrive.RefertoChapter7“Installingorreplacinghardware”onpage57.
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