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Section 3 – Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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Section 3 – Maintenance and
Troubleshooting
Routine Maintenance
Follow these basic steps to maintain and safeguard the SBP-205 single board
computer:
The MaxPro tower server chassis and the ProRack rackmount chassis are
designed to provide protection for internal devices and connections. Care must
still be taken to ensure that the system case won’t be kicked or struck. An impact
could damage disk drives.
Do not place the MaxPro or the ProRack near any heat source that may damage
it, such as heaters, direct sunlight, etc.
Do not eat, drink or smoke near the system.
Use a surge protector with the MaxPro or ProRack and any peripheral devices.
Power surges can damage or destroy the SBP-205 or other components. Surges
can also destroy data on the hard drives.
Allow a space of at least eight inches around your system for proper ventilation.
Do not plug the MaxPro or ProRack into the same electrical circuit with a
“noisy” electric motor, such as a blender or a vacuum cleaner.
Ground yourself by touching the system case before touching any hardware or
software. This discharges the static electricity in your body. (Static electricity
can damage components).
Keep the system clean and free of dust. Use commercially available dust covers.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Tools
The first and most important sign of trouble is that a particular device simply is not
working. The other main indicator is that you receive error messages, either on
power up or when attempting to use a particular device.
The SBP-205 functions only in conjunction with other components, including a
passive backplane and optional adapter cards. Most problems with the SBP-205 will
be traceable to connections or to software including the BIOS.
Several common physical problems and problems with related devices are discussed
in this section and in the
Troubleshooting Using System Utilities
topic later in this
section.
There are three main troubleshooting tools:
1.
Direct inspection
2.
Troubleshooting using system utilities
