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Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
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The diskette drive LED is lit continuously
■ Remove the diskette from the drive. If the light stays on, try restarting your
server.
■ Turn off your server, then remove the combination drive and push it in
again to make sure the drive is seated correctly. For instructions, see
“Replacing the CD/diskette drive in the Flex Bay” on page 49.
Expansion cards
Your server does not recognize an expansion card
■ Restart your server.
■ Make sure that you have installed the necessary software or driver. For
instructions, see the card’s documentation.
■ Reseat the expansion card and the riser card. For instructions, see
“Installing PCI expansion cards” on page 60.
Hard drive
The hard drive cannot be accessed, or you receive a “General failure
reading drive C” error message
■ If a diskette is in the diskette drive, eject it and restart your server by
pressing the reset button.
■ Restart your server by pressing the reset button.
■ Turn off your server, then remove all hard drives and push them in again
to make sure the drives are seated correctly. For instructions, see “Installing
a hard drive” on page 54.
■ Run a verification from the SCSI BIOS.
■ If your server has been subjected to static electricity or physical shock, you
may need to reinstall the operating system.
You receive a “Non-system disk” or “disk error” error message
■ Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then press ENTER.
■ Make sure that your hard drive has an active partition. For more
information, see “The master boot record is corrupted” on page 107.
