T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LifeBook notebook fails to

Wrong drive designator was

Verify the drive designator used by the application is

 

 

recognize DVD/CD-RW/

used for the disc in the applica-

the same as the one used by the operating system.

 

 

CD-ROM’s.

tion.

When the operating system is booted from a DVD/

 

 

(continued)

 

 

CD, drive designations are automatically adjusted.

 

 

 

 

Note that the drive designation can be changed with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Disk Management tool located in the Control

 

 

 

 

 

Panel under Administrative Tools -> Computer

 

 

 

 

 

Management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The optical drive access

The Windows auto insertion

This is normal. However, you may disable this

 

 

indicator on the Status

function is active and is

feature.

 

 

Indicator Panel blinks at

checking to see if a disc is ready

 

 

 

regular intervals when no

to run.

 

 

 

disc is in the tray or the

 

 

 

 

 

drive is not installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floppy Disk Drive Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot access your

You tried to write to a write

Eject the floppy disk and set it to write enable.

 

 

optional external floppy

protected floppy disk.

 

 

 

disk.

 

 

 

 

 

Floppy disk is not loaded

Eject floppy disk, check orientation and re-insert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The floppy disk drive may not

Remove and re-install your floppy disk drive.

 

 

 

be properly installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security is set to protect access

Verify your password and security settings.

 

 

 

to floppy disk data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Drive Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot access your

The wrong drive designator

Verify drive designator used by application is in

 

 

hard drive.

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 Power/Suspend/Resume button.

 

 

not seem to work.

Standby mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your application has locked

Try to use your integrated pointing device to restart

 

 

 

out your keyboard.

your system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have installed an

Your external device is not

Re-install your device. (See Device Ports on page 45

 

 

external keyboard or

properly installed.

for more information)

 

 

mouse, and it does not

 

 

 

 

 

Your operating system soft-

Check your device and operating system docu-

 

 

seem to work.

 

 

ware is not set up with correct

mentation and activate the proper driver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

software driver for that device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have connected an

Your operating system soft-

Check your device and operating system

 

 

external keyboard or a

ware is not setup with correct

documentation and activate the proper driver.

 

 

mouse and it seems to be

software driver for that device.

 

 

 

locking up the system.

 

 

 

 

 

Your system has crashed.

Try to restart your notebook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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