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3. Click the Mode + button to add a new mode to the list (C).
4. In the new mode box type No Power Output. (D).
5. With this new mode still selected, click the Cause + button to add a new cause. (E).
6. In the new Cause edit box, type Burned Power Supply Fuse (F).
7. Click the Cause + button again to add another cause to the list (E).
8. In the new Cause edit box, type Power Grid Down (F).
9. Click the Immediate - Direct Effects + button to add a new effect to the list. (G)
10. In the Immediate Effect edit box, type No Output from Motherboard 1 (H).
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NOTE To remove a failure mode, highlight it in the Mode list and click the - button. Use the same procedure to remove a
cause or an effect.
11. Follow the above procedures to the remaining failure modes shown in the Table below. The failure modes should
appear in the System Window (J). If not, select Show Modes from the Layout Menu.
Component Mode Cause Effect
Power Supply
No Power Output
Burned power supply fuse No output from Motherboard 1
Power grid down No output from Motherboard 1
Information not accessible Overheating Unacceptable performance of Motherboard 1
RAM1
Information not transferred/Stored
correctly
Microscopic damage to
circuitry
Incorrect processing
Processor 1
Intermittent malfunction of logic
process
Overheating Unacceptable performance of Motherboard 1
J