Lenovo x3650 M4 BD 5466 - Microprocessor Problems; Monitor and Video Problems

Microprocessorproblems
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•SeeChapter5“Partslisting”onpage141
tocheckifacomponentisaconsumable,structural,orFRUpart.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyatrained
technician.
SymptomAction
Theservergoesdirectlytothe
POSTEventViewerwhenitis
turnedon.
1.CorrectanyerrorsthatareindicatedbythelightpathdiagnosticsLEDs(see
“Lightpathdiagnostics”onpage113
).
2.Makesurethattheserversupportsallthemicroprocessorsandthat
themicroprocessorsmatchinspeed,type,andcachesize.Toview
themicroprocessorinformation,runtheSetuputilityandselectSystem
Information→SystemSummary→Processor.
3.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Makesurethatmicroprocessor1isseatedcorrectly.
4.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Removemicroprocessor2andrestarttheserver.
5.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:
a.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Microprocessor
b.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Systemboard
Monitorandvideoproblems
Somemonitorshavetheirownself-tests.Ifyoususpectaproblemwithyourmonitor,seethedocumentation
thatcomeswiththemonitorforinstructionsfortestingandadjustingthemonitor.Ifyoucannotdiagnose
theproblem,callforservice.
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.
•SeeChapter5“Partslisting”onpage141
tocheckifacomponentisaconsumable,structural,orFRUpart.
•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedtechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlybyatrained
technician.
SymptomAction
Testingthemonitor.
1.Makesurethatthemonitorcablesarefirmlyconnected.
2.Tryusingadifferentmonitorontheserver,ortryusingthemonitorthatisbeing
testedonadifferentserver.
3.Runthediagnosticprograms.Ifthemonitorpassesthediagnosticprograms,
theproblemmightbeavideodevicedriver.
4.(Trainedtechnicianonly)Replacethesystemboard.
Thescreenisblank.
1.IftheserverisattachedtoaKVMswitch,bypasstheKVMswitchtoeliminateit
asapossiblecauseoftheproblem:connectthemonitorcabledirectlytothe
correctconnectorontherearoftheserver.
2.Makesurethat:
•Theserveristurnedon.Ifthereisnopowertotheserver,see“Power
problems”onpage131
.
•Themonitorcablesareconnectedcorrectly.
•Themonitoristurnedonandthebrightnessandcontrastcontrolsare
adjustedcorrectly.
3.Makesurethatthecorrectserveriscontrollingthemonitor,ifapplicable.
4.Makesurethatdamagedserverfirmwareisnotaffectingthevideo;see
“Updatingthefirmware”onpage83.
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