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Acer Altos G530 User Manual

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5 Troubleshooting

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Make sure the FDD and signal cables are properly connected.

Check that relevant switches and jumpers for the FDD are set
correctly.

Check that FDD is properly configured.

If you are using the onboard diskette controller, use BIOS setup on
page 79 to make sure that onboard “Floppy A” is set to 1.44 MB,
3.5-inch
.

HDD activity indicator does not light.

Do the following:

Make sure the drive is not disabled in the BIOS setup utility.

Make sure the drive’s power and data cables are connected
correctly.

Make sure the drive is compatible.

Make sure you have not exceeded the power budget for the
server.

If using SCSI drives, make sure that each SCSI ID number is unique
on the SCSI bus. See your drive documentation for details on
setting the SCSI ID for your drives.

If using SATA drives, make sure that the master or slave settings
are set correctly. See your drive documentation for details on
setting the master or slave settings.

If using a RAID configuration with SCSI or SATA drives, make sure
the RAID card is installed correctly.

HDD activity indicator does not light.

If you have installed one or more hard drives in the system, do the
following:

Make sure the power and signal cables are connected correctly.

Check that relevant switches and jumpers on the hard drive and
SCSI or SATA backplane board are set correctly.