P4M800
4.3TROUBLESHOOTING
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1. | No power to the system at all | 1. | Make sure power cable is |
| Power light don’t illuminate, fan |
| securely plugged in. |
| inside power supply does not turn | 2. | Replace cable. |
2. | on. | 3. | Contact technical support. |
Indicator light on keyboard does |
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| not turn on. |
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System inoperative. Keyboard lights | Using even pressure on both ends of | ||
are on, power indicator lights are lit, | the DIMM, press down firmly until the | ||
and hard drive is spinning. | module snaps into place. | ||
System does not boot from hard disk | 1. | Check cable running from disk to | |
drive, can be booted from optical drive. |
| disk controller board. Make sure | |
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| both ends are securely plugged |
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| in; check the drive type in the |
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| standard CMOS setup. |
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| 2. | Backing up the hard drive is |
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| extremely important. All hard |
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| disks are capable of breaking |
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| down at any time. |
System only boots from optical drive. | 1. | Back up data and applications | |
Hard disk can be read and applications |
| files. | |
can be used but booting from hard disk | 2. | Reformat the hard drive. | |
is impossible. |
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| using backup disks. |
Screen message says “Invalid | Review system’s equipment. Make sure | ||
Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.” | correct information is in setup. | ||
Cannot boot system after installing | 1. | Set master/slave jumpers | |
second hard drive. |
| correctly. | |
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| 2. | Run SETUP program and select |
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| correct drive types. Call the drive |
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| manufacturers for compatibility |
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| with other drives. |
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