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Dell™ PowerEdge™
SC1430 Systems
Hardware Owner’s Manual
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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book.book Page 2 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2006 Dell Inc. All rights r
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book.book Page 3 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Contents 1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting External Devices .
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book.book Page 4 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM 3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Closing the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Rotatable Hard-Drive Carrier . . . .
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book.book Page 5 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 General Memory Module Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Non-Optimal Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 6 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Checking the Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 7 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 8 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM 8 Contents
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book.book Page 9 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM About Your System This section describes the physical, firmware, and software interface features that provide and ensure the essential functioning of your system. The physical connectors on your system’s front and back panels provide convenient connectivity and system expansion capability. The system firmware, applications, and operating systems monitor the system and component status and alert you when a problem arises. System conditions can
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book.book Page 10 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the system or documentation or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians. Accessing System Features During Startup Table 1-1 describes keystrokes that may be entered during startup to access system features. If your operating system begins to load before you enter the keystroke, allow the system to finish booting, and th
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book.book Page 11 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the system's front panel. Table 1-2 provides component descriptions. Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators 1 2 3 9 4 8 5 7 6 Table 1-2. Front-Panel Components Item Component Icon Description 1 upper 5.25-inch drive Holds an optical drive. bay 2 lower 5.25-inch drive Holds an optional optical or half-height tape drive, or a fourth ha
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book.book Page 12 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Table 1-2. Front-Panel Components (continued) Item Component Icon Description 5 USB connectors (2) Connects USB 2.0-compliant devices to the system. 6 power button The power button controls the DC power supply output to the system. NOTE: If you turn off the system using the power button and the system is running an ACPI-compliant operating system, the system performs a graceful shutdown before the power is turned off. If the system is not runn
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book.book Page 13 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Back-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-2 shows the connectors located on the system's back panel. Figure 1-2. Back-Panel Features 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 AC power connector 2 expansion-card slots (5) 3 NIC connector 4 USB connectors (5) 5 video connector 6 parallel connector 7 serial connector Connecting External Devices When connecting external devices to your system, follow these guidelines: Most devices must be connected to a specific connector
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book.book Page 14 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Always attach an external device while your system and the device are turned off. Next, turn on any external devices before turning on the system (unless the documentation for the device specifies otherwise). See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 27 for information about enabling, disabling, and configuring I/O ports and connectors. NIC Indicator Codes The NIC on the back panel has an indicator that provides information on network ac
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book.book Page 15 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Diagnostics Indicator Codes The four diagnostic indicator lights on the system front panel display error codes during system startup. Table 1-4 lists the causes and corrective actions associated with these codes and the power light status before system POST. Table 1-5 lists the causes and possible corrective actions for these codes during POST. A highlighted circle indicates the light is on; a non-highlighted circle indicates the light is off.
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book.book Page 16 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Table 1-4. Diagnostic Indicator Codes Before POST (continued) Code Power Causes Corrective Action Light off A processor mismatch exists. See "Troubleshooting the Microprocessors" on page 110. (blinking) Table 1-5. Diagnostic Indicator Codes During POST Code Causes Corrective Action BIOS checksum failure Ensure that all network cards and connections are functioning detected; system is in recovery properly. See "Troubleshooting Your System" on pa
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book.book Page 17 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Table 1-5. Diagnostic Indicator Codes During POST (continued) Code Causes Corrective Action Memory configuration error. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 103. Possible system board resource See "Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts" on page 96. If and/or system board hardware the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 123. failure. Possible system resource See "Troubleshooting Your System" on page 95. configuration error. If
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book.book Page 18 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Table 1-6. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Alert! Cable not detected The chassis intrusion switch is not Verify that the chassis intrusion switch in INTRUDER connector. connected to the system board. cable is firmly seated in the INTRUDER connector on the system board. See "Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch" on page 87. Alert! FAN_CCAG was not Specified fan is missing, faulty, or See "Troubleshooting System
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book.book Page 19 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Table 1-6. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Alert! Processor thermal The processor thermal probe has See "Getting Help" on page 123. probe failure detected. failed. BIOS Update Attempt Remote BIOS update attempt failed. Retry the BIOS update. If problem Failed! persists, see "Getting Help" on page 123. CPUs with different cache Microprocessors with different cache Ensure that all microprocessors have the sizes detec
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book.book Page 20 Monday, June 5, 2006 1:51 PM Table 1-6. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Diskette drive n seek Incorrect configuration settings in the Run the System Setup program to failure System Setup program. correct the settings. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 27. Faulty or improperly installed diskette Replace the diskette. If the problem drive. persists, see "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 105. Loose diskette drive interface
