L i f e B o o k S S e r i e s – S e c t i o n F i v e

Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Drive Problems

 

 

 

 

 

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 Utility

 

Master) or optional second

on page 33 for more information)

 

hard drive (Primary Slave).

 

 

 

 

 

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 CD-ROM was

system is booted from a CD, drive designations

 

used to start the notebook.

are automatically adjusted.

 

 

 

 

Security is set so your oper-

Verify your password and security settings.

 

ating system cannot be started

 

 

without a password.

 

 

 

 

Keyboard or Mouse Problems

 

 

 

 

The built-in keyboard does

The notebook has gone into

Push the Suspend/Resume button.

not seem to work.

Suspend mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Your application has locked

Try to use your intergrated pointing device to restart

 

out your keyboard.

your system. If this fails, turn your notebook off

 

 

using the power switch, wait 10 seconds or more,

 

 

and then turn it back on.

 

 

 

You have installed an

Your external device is not

Re-install your device. (See Device Ports on page 61

external keyboard or

properly installed.

for more information)

mouse, and it does not

 

 

Your operating system

Check your device and operating system docu-

seem to work.

software is not setup with

mentation and activate the proper driver.

 

 

the correct software driver

 

 

for that device.

 

 

 

 

 

Your mouse or keyboard is

Plug the mouse into the PS/2 Mouse port and

 

connected to the wrong PS/2

the external keyboard or numeric key pad into the

 

port on the LANdock.

PS/2 Keyboard port. (See PS/2 Port on page 62 for

 

 

more information)

 

 

 

You have connected an

Your operating system

Check your device and operating system

external keyboard or a

software is not setup with

documentation and activate the proper driver.

mouse and it seems to be

the correct software driver

 

locking up the system.

for that device.

 

 

 

 

 

Your system has crashed.

Try to restart your notebook. If that fails, turn off

 

 

the power using the power switch, wait at least 10

 

 

seconds, and then power on.

 

 

 

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Cabin S Series.book manual Hard Drive Problems, Keyboard or Mouse Problems