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Troubleshooting the diskette drive subsystem – Dell PowerVault 735N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Troubleshooting the Diskette Drive
Subsystem

If the monitor displays a system error message indicating a diskette drive problem
during execution of either the boot routine or the Dell Diagnostics, the problem may
be caused by any of the following conditions:

The system configuration settings do not match the physical diskette subsystem
configuration.

An expansion card is interfering with proper drive operations.

The diskette drive/CD-ROM drive unit is improperly seated against the interposer
board.

The diskette drive is faulty.

The interposer board is faulty.

The system's power supply is not providing sufficient power for the drives.

The system's diskette drive logic is faulty.

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