Sun Microsystems Blade 1500 - How this Book Is Organized

xxxii Sun Blade 1500 Service, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting Manual • December 2004
About the Multimedia Links in This
Manual
Removal and replacement procedures for selected workstation components are
illustrated with interactive audio and video instructions in the Sun Blade 1500
ShowMe How™ multimedia documentation. This multimedia documentation is
available through links to ShowMe How movie files located throughout this manual.
You can access these multimedia video clips wherever you see the film-clip icon; as
shown in
FIGURE P-1.
FIGURE P-1 Link to Multimedia Instructions
Clicking on the above link displays a guided tour of the Sun Blade 1500 workstation.
How This Book Is Organized
Chapter 1 explains how to use the flowcharts in this manual.
Chapter 2 provides a product description of the Sun Blade 1500 workstation.
Chapter 3 contains basic troubleshooting tasks, commands, and system responses.
Chapter 4 provides the troubleshooting flowcharts for the Sun Blade 1500
workstation.
Chapter 5 introduces advanced troubleshooting using Power-On Self-Test (POST),
OpenBoot™ Diagnostics, and SunVTS™ software.
Chapter 6 provides information about the NVRAM and alternatives to the Stop-A
and Stop-N key commands.
Chapter 7 describes using POST to diagnose problems with the Sun Blade 1500
workstation.