Maintenance & Service Guide

Presario 1900 Series

Models: XL1, XL160, XL161, XL162, XL163, and XL165

Before You Begin

 

Specifications

 

Parts Catalog

 

 

 

 

 

Removal Sequence

 

Troubleshooting

 

Battery Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product Description

 

Pin Assignments

 

Index

 

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting

Preliminary

Steps

Clearing the

Power-On

Password

Power-On Self

Test (POST)

Compaq

Diagnostics

Diagnostic Error

Codes

Troubleshooting

Without

Diagnostics

Solving Minor

Problems

Contacting

Compaq

Support

This section covers troubleshooting information for the Compaq Presario 1900 Series Portable Computers. The basic steps in troubleshooting include:

1.Follow the Preliminary Steps .

2.Run the Power-On Self- Test (POST).

3.Follow the recommended actions described in the diagnostic tables, if you are unable to run POST or if POST displays an error message.

When following the recommended actions in the Sections on POST and Diagnostic Error Codes

perform them in the order listed. Rerun POST after each recommended action until the problem is solved and no error message occurs. Once the problem is solved, do not complete the remaining recommended actions.

If the problem is intermittent, check

NOTE: the computer several times to verify that the problem is solved.

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