Apple 5300 Series manual Specific types

traveling with the computer 131–132car travel caution 133

troubleshooting 79–105 Apple Remote Access (ARA)

104–105 application programs 85–88

arrow pointer not responding 20, 23, 85, 93

blank screen 89, 94 blinking menu bar icon 90 blinking question mark (?) disk icon

9, 83, 99, 111 computer doesn’t start 80 desktop not appearing at startup 82 desktop rebuilding at startup 84 diagnostic techniques 107–118 document won’t open 88 ejecting a PC Card 45

empty flashing box 84 error message codes 85 external equipment 100. See also

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file can’t be thrown away 90 flickering screen 94 floppy disk drive 92 Floppy Disk Maker 82 font files 89

Guide menu for 17

hard disk drive 93, 109–110hard disk icon doesn’t appear 98 hardware problems 92–99keyboard 94, 100

memory access problems 91 memory insufficient 83–84, 86,

87–88modem, external 100

monitor, external 61, 95–96, 100 mouse 100

power adapter problems 84 PowerBook display 94–95printers 96–97, 100

RAM expansion card problem 160 restart problems 84

screen display 94–95

SCSI connection problems 57 SCSI equipment or SCSI disk mode

98–99

service recommendations 133 shutting down 20

startup problems 8–9,80–84, 93, 109 system error message 22, 85 system failures 85–86

system software 82–83, 107–108trackpad 20, 23, 85, 93

unusual sounds at startup 81–82, 160 unusual sounds while working 91 windows display problems 84 wristwatch pointer 84

turning the computer off 19–20turning the computer on 6–8

problems with 8–9, 80–84

U

Utilities folder

Drive Setup in 109–110

Floppy Disk Maker folder in 11, 13

V

VCCI statement viii

very low frequency (VLF) emissions 126 VGA monitor, connecting to 59–62video adapter, disconnecting 62

video adapter cable 54, 59

video mirroring, external monitor problems and 95

video port 2, 51, 61 attaching video adapter to 61 disconnecting video adapter from 62

virtual memory 64, 70 viruses, checking for 85

VLF (very low frequency) emissions 126

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