Grass Valley™ Turbo™ iDDR Service and Troubleshooting Guide Home Page

How this manual is organized

Terms on the Product

Symbols on the Product

Safety Summaries

Product Description

Product documentation

Overview description

System description

Application System

Real Time System

Media control and processing

iDDR services

Turbo iDDR orientation

FRU locations

FRU functional descriptions

Base chassis

Front panel

Rotary encoder

Front connector board

SATA drives

Removable media drives

Fan module

Power supply

Codec board

Riser board

XLR board

RS-422 adapter

IEEE 1394 adapter

CPU motherboard

Status indicators

Front panel indicators

Power-On Indicator

Drive busy indicator

System beep codes

Normal beep code

Error beep code

NIC indicator codes

BIOS messages

Maintenance Procedures

Cleaning the front panel touch screen

Maintaining media with the Storage Utility

Opening and closing the Storage Utility

Opening the Storage Utility from Normal mode

Closing the Storage Utility

Opening the Storage Utility from Storage Maintenance mode

Viewing the properties of a media disk

Clearing media

Checking and repairing media

Defragmenting the media disk volume

Exporting log files

Exporting log files from AppCenter workstation

Exporting log files using the Windows command line

Restoring the default system

Replacing an iDDR

Determining Turbo iDDR versions

Troubleshooting problems

Step 1: Check configurations

Step 2: Check connections and external equipment

Step 3: Check system status messages

Step 4: Identify problems using the startup sequence

Shutdown/restart problems

Checking external equipment

VGA display problems

Keyboard problems

Mouse problems

Power connection sequence

Motherboard/BIOS startup

Windows startup

Front panel software startup

iDDR system startup

Thermal problems

Codec board problems

Power supply problems

Front panel problems

Touch screen and buttons problems

Front connector board problems

DVD drive problems

Video problems

Audio problems

Timecode problems

Operational problems

System problems

Storage problems

Media File System problems

Media disk problems

Checking the storage system

Network, transfer, and streaming problems

System Messages

Normal BIOS POST information

BIOS error messages

Critical system startup messages

Supporting subsystem messages

Viewing system status messages

Viewing status messages in the front panel

Viewing status messages in AppCenter workstation

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Before you contact support

Web Technical Support

Phone Support

Authorized Support Representative

Removing and replacing FRUs

Top cover removal

Front bezel removal

Rotary encoder removal

Front panel board removal

Removable media drive removal

SATA drive removal

Front connector board removal

Fan module removal

Codec board removal

Power supply removal

Riser board removal

IEEE 1394 adapter removal

RS-422 adapter removal

XLR board removal

CPU motherboard identification

CPU motherboard removal

CPU motherboard installation