Dell POWEREDGE 840 User Manual

102 Troubleshooting Your System
6 Ensure that the diskette drive interface cable is securely connected to the diskette drive and the system
board.
7 Ensure that a power cable is properly connected to the drive.
8 Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 47.
9 Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and attached peripherals.
10 Run the appropriate online diagnostic test to see whether the diskette drive works correctly.
11 Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from its electrical outlet.
12 Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 43.
13 Remove all expansion cards installed in the system. See "Removing an Expansion Card" on page 73.
14 Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 47.
15 Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and attached peripherals.
16 Run the appropriate online diagnostic test to see whether the diskette drive works correctly.
If the tests run successfully, an expansion card may be conflicting with the diskette drive logic, or an
expansion card may be faulty. Continue to the next step.
If the tests fail,
see "Getting Help" on page 121 .
17 Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
18 Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 43.
19 Reinstall one of the expansion cards you removed in step 13. See "Installing an Expansion Card" on
page 72.
20 Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 47.
21 Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and attached peripherals.
22 Run the appropriate online diagnostic test to see whether the diskette drive works correctly.
23 Repeat step 17 through step 22 until all expansion cards are reinstalled or one of the expansion cards
causes the tests to fail.
If the problem is not resolved,
see "Getting Help" on page 121 .
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
Problem
• System cannot read data from a CD or DVD in an optical drive.
• Optical drive indicator does not blink during boot.

Dell POWEREDGE 840 Specifications

General

Processor Socket	LGA 775
Chipset	Intel 3000
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Form Factor	Tower
Processor	Intel Xeon
Memory	Up to 8GB DDR2
Drive Bays	4 x 3.5" drive bays
Storage	SATA
RAID Support	PERC 5/i
Network	Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet
Expansion Slots	2 PCI
Operating System Support	Red Hat Linux