MP530 Maintenance

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MP530 Maintenance
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General Description

• The MP530 maritime computer is used in a wide
  range of Operator Stations (OSs) produced by
  Kongsberg Maritime.
• The computer can be installed inside operator
  station consoles by using specific mounting
  brackets.
• The OS and process station application software
  is stored on the MP530 hard disk.
• The MP530 is built running the Microsoft Windows
  Xp or NT 4.0 operating systems.

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MP530 Configuration

• Main board (Motherboard)
• CPU
• RAM, 512 MB
• Power supply 115/230 Vac
• Graphics card (2X or 4X) (optional)
• Network card
• Serial line cards (optional)
• CAN-bus card (optional)
• Hard-disk drive
• CD-RW drive
• Floppy-disk drive
• Miniature speaker
• Reset button (ON/OFF)

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MP530 Block Diagram
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Externals connections
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Externals connections
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MP530 - How to disassemble

• Turn off the 230 Vac breakers (Q1 and Q2)
• Disconnect all the cables from the rear
• Place the MP530 cabinet on a firm surface

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MP530 - How to disassemble

• Lift the lever to release the lid and pull the
  lid toward you

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MP530 - How to disassemble

• Remove the plastic front cover as shown

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Replace the CD-RW or the floppy drive

• Disconnect all the cables from the drive
• Release the drives as shown

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Cabinet interior
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Replace the CD-RW or the floppy drive

• Replace the faulty unit
• Set any jumper of the new drive as the old one
  (only for CD-RW unit)
• Reassembly
• Verify the drive operation

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Replace the Hard Disk drive
Power Connector
Data Cable

• Disconnect the data cable and power connector
  from the drive

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Replace the Hard Disk drive

• Unlock the drive as shown in figure

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Replace the Hard Disk drive

• 2.5 HDD with adapter

• Check that the spare drive is compatible with the
  MP530.

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Replace the Hard Disk drive

• 3.5 HDD low profile

• Check that the spare drive is compatible with the
  MP530.

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Replace the Hard Disk drive

• Always check the right interface on the
  motherboard

SATA Interface
IDE Interface
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Replace the Hard Disk drive

• Set the jumper as the old drive (only for IDE
  interface)

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Fault location/identification

• If an error situation has occurred, the fault is
  normally identified from the symptoms observed.
  It is therefore important to record all these
  observations to help the maintenance person or
  service engineer. All error messages shown on the
  screen should be logged from this purpose.

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ID SYMPTOMS PROBABLE ERROR SOURCE CORRECTIVE ACTION
1 No visible or audible sign of power present at MP530. Fans are not blowing. External supply voltage is turned off or circuitbreaker fuse has tripped. Internal power supply defect. Check the 115/230 VAC power supply.
2 Applications are not loading when booting the MP530. Only blue screen displayed. Defective file system. Reinstall the software by using the system backup CD.
3 Applications are not loading when booting after the entire operating system software has been installed on MP530. Only blue screen displayed. Defective hard-disk drive. Replace hard disk.
4 MP530 does not respond over network on either channel. Network task not running. Reboot MP530.
5 MP530 responds over network on only one of tree channels. Defective network card or network part of main board. Replace network card.
6 MP530 crashes or hangs unexpectedly. Possible defective RAM. Replace RAM