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System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Advanced Expansion Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Integrated Server Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Video Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Integrated SCSI Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
SCSI Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
SCSI Configuration Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
SCSI ID Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Device Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
System Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Pin Assignments for the DC Power Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
DC Power Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
System Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
SCSI Backplane Board Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Interrupt Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
DMA Channel Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
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Initial User Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
External Visual Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Observing the Boot Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Internal Visual Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Eliminating Resource Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Running the Dell Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
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POST Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
System Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
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Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Precautionary Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Computer Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Front-Bezel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Externally Accessible Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
5.25-Inch Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
3.5-Inch Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Hard-Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
SCSI Backplane Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
System Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
System Cooling Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
DIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
SEC Cartridge and Heat Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Terminator Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
System Board Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Guide Bracket Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
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System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
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Figure 1-2. Front-Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Figure 1-3. Back-Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Figure 1-4. Back/Right Side Internal View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Figure 1-5. DC Power Connector P1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Figure 1-6. DC Power Connector P2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
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Figure 1-7. DC Power Connectors P3, P4, P5, and P6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Figure 1-8. DC Power Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Figure 1-9. DC Power Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Figure 1-10. System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Figure 1-11. 1 x 6 Hot-Pluggable SCSI Backplane Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Figure 1-12. 2 x 2 Non–Hot-Pluggable SCSI Backplane Board. . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Figure 1-13. 2 x 3 Non–Hot-Pluggable SCSI Backplane Board. . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Figure 1-14. System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Figure 3-1. Hard-Disk Drive Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Figure 4-1. Front-Bezel Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Figure 4-2. Computer Cover Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Figure 4-3. Plastic Insert Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-4. Control-Panel Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Figure 4-5. Drive Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Figure 4-6. Externally Accessible 5.25-Inch Drive Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Figure 4-7. Drive-Mounting Rail Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Figure 4-8. 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Figure 4-9. Hard-Disk Drive Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Figure 4-10. Removing a SCSI Backplane Board and Hot-Pluggable
Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-11. Expansion Card Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Figure 4-12. Power Supply Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Figure 4-13. System Cooling-Fan Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Figure 4-14. System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Figure 4-15. DIMM Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Figure 4-16. DIMM Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Figure 4-17. SEC Cartridge Release Latches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Figure 4-18. Removing an SEC Cartridge and Heat Sink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Figure 4-19. Terminator Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Figure 4-20. System Battery Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Figure 4-21. System-Board Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Figure 4-22. System Board Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Figure 4-23. Guide-Bracket Assembly Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Figure A-1. System Setup Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
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7DEOHV Table 1-1. DC Voltage Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Table 1-2. Jumper Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Table 1-3. Interrupt Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Table 1-4. DREQ Line Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Table 1-5. Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Table 3-1. POST Beep Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Table 3-2. System Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Table 3-3. SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Table A-1. System Setup Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
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