P4M800 Pro-M7

4.3TROUBLESHOOTING

 

Problem

 

Solution

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

 

 

 

not turn on.

 

 

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

 

 

 

both ends are securely plugged

 

 

 

in; check the drive type in the

 

 

 

standard CMOS setup.

 

 

2.

Backing up the hard drive is

 

 

 

extremely important. All hard

 

 

 

disks are capable of breaking

 

 

 

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.

 

Re-install applications and data

 

 

 

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.

 

 

2.

Run SETUP program and select

 

 

 

correct drive types. Call the drive

 

 

 

manufacturers for compatibility

 

 

 

with other drives.

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