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Hard Drive Problems |
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You cannot access your | The setup utility is incorrectly | Revise BIOS settings to set both Primary Master | |
hard drive. | set for your internal (Primary | and Primary Slave correctly. See “BIOS Setup | |
| Master) or optional second | Utility” on page 29. | |
| hard drive (Primary Slave). |
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| The wrong drive designator | Verify drive designator used by application is in | |
| was used by an application | use by the operating system. When the operating | |
| when a bootable | system is booted from a CD, drive designations | |
| used to start the notebook. | are automatically adjusted. | |
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| Security is set so your oper- | Verify your password and security settings. | |
| ating system cannot be started |
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| without a password. |
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Keyboard or Mouse Problems |
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The | The notebook has gone into | Push the Suspend/Resume button. | |
not seem to work. | Standby mode. |
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| Your application has locked | Try to use your integrated pointing device to restart | |
| out your keyboard. | your system. If this fails, turn your notebook off, | |
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| wait 10 seconds or more, and then turn it back on. | |
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You have installed an | Your external device is not | ||
external keyboard or | properly installed. |
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mouse, and it does not |
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Your operating system | Check your device and operating system docu- | ||
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software is not setup with | mentation and activate the proper driver. | ||
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| the correct software driver |
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| for that device. |
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| Your mouse or keyboard is | Plug the mouse into the PS/2 Mouse port and the | |
| connected to the wrong PS/2 | external keyboard into the PS/2 Keyboard port. See | |
| port on the LAN dock. | “PS/2 Port” on page 48. | |
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| The external mouse is disabled | Revise the setup utility Advanced menu settings to | |
| in the BIOS. | disable the Internal Pointing Device, thus enabling | |
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| the external pointing device. See “BIOS Setup | |
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| Utility” on page 29. | |
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You have connected an | Your operating system soft- | Check your device and operating system | |
external keyboard or a | ware is not setup with the | documentation and activate the proper driver. | |
mouse and it seems to be | correct software driver |
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locking up the system. | for that device. |
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| Your system has crashed. | Try to restart your notebook. If that fails, turn off | |
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| power, wait at least 10 seconds, then | |
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Memory Problems |
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Your Power On screen, or | Your memory upgrade module | Turn off your notebook. Remove and | |
Main menu of the BIOS | is not properly installed. | memory upgrade module. See “Memory Upgrade | |
setup utility information, |
| Module” on page 44. | |
does not show the correct |
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You have a memory failure. | Check for Power On Self Test (POST) messages. If | ||
amount of installed | |||
| you are unclear on the message, contact your | ||
memory. |
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| support representative. See “Power On Self Test | ||
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| Messages” on page 61. | |
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