Contents 9
Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 153
Troubleshooting Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
. . . . . . . 155
Troubleshooting a Fan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Troubleshooting System Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Troubleshooting an Internal SD Card
. . . . . . . . . . 158
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Memory Key
. . . . . 159
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit
. . . . . . . . . . 160
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Troubleshooting a Storage Controller
. . . . . . . . . . 162
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Troubleshooting the Processor(s)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 165
5 Running the System Diagnostics. . . . . . 167
Using Dell™ Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . 167
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics
. . . . 168
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics
. . . . . . 168
Embedded System Diagnostics Testing Options
. . . . 169
Using the Custom Test Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Selecting Devices for Testing
. . . . . . . . . . . 169