Apple xserve Service Manual

Xserve Troubleshooting - 17

Hard Drive Symptom Charts

1.

Reseat the drive module in the first drive bay.

2.

Start up from the system restore CD and check to see if the hard drive shows up on 

the desktop. If it does, go to step 3. If it does not, go to step 5.

3.

Run Disk Utility. Update the driver and restart the server.

4.

Reinstall system software using the system restore CD that came with the server.

5.

Replace the drive module in the first drive bay.

6.

Replace the ATA controller board.