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NVIDIA HGX H200 SXM5 8-GPU Subsystem Diagnostics

Classification: AI Datacenter & High-Performance Compute Equipment

Hardware operational fault codes, protection alarms, LED blink sequences, and step-by-step diagnostic fixes for the NVIDIA HGX H200 SXM5 8-GPU Subsystem.

1 Documented Faults • Full Multimeter & Safety Isolation Procedures

Indexed Fault Codes for HGX H200 SXM5 8-GPU Subsystem

Step-by-step resolution manuals and root cause matrices

1 Codes
CODE XID 79 Severity: Critical Difficulty: Advanced

GPU PCIe Fatal Dropped Bus

An unrecoverable PCIe fatal error occurred on the SXM5 interconnect fabric or upstream PCIe Gen5 switch/retimer link, triggering an XID 79 assertion where the GPU dropped entirely off the PCIe bus during heavy NCCL ring all-reduce communication.

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