Table of Contents

 

Table of Figures .........................................................................................................................

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Introduction .................................................................................................................................

v

Product Overview........................................................................................................................

1

Product Features .....................................................................................................................

2

OmniBook 300, 425, and 430 ...............................................................................................

2

OmniBook 530 .....................................................................................................................

3

Product Comparisons...............................................................................................................

4

Product at a Glance .................................................................................................................

6

Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................................

9

OmniBook Self-Test...............................................................................................................

10

Loop Back Connectors........................................................................................................

10

Troubleshooting Flowchart .....................................................................................................

12

Main Troubleshooting Flowchart .........................................................................................

13

Power Source Problems .....................................................................................................

15

Boot-Up Problems ..............................................................................................................

18

Display Problems ...............................................................................................................

19

Hard Disk Problems............................................................................................................

20

Memory Problems ..............................................................................................................

23

Power Management Problems............................................................................................

25

Pop-Out Mouse Problems...................................................................................................

28

Floppy Drive Problems .......................................................................................................

32

Parallel Port Problems........................................................................................................

35

Serial Port Problems ..........................................................................................................

37

PCMCIA Problems .............................................................................................................

39

IR Port Problems ................................................................................................................

43

Hardware Repair .......................................................................................................................

45

Battery (End User Replaceable).............................................................................................

46

Memory (End User Replaceable) ...........................................................................................

48

Hard Disk Drive/Flash Card and System ROM (End User Replaceable).................................

50

Mouse (End User Replaceable)..............................................................................................

52

Small Parts (End User Replaceable) ......................................................................................

53

Battery Door .......................................................................................................................

53

Battery Door Latch..............................................................................................................

53

Blank Modem Door.............................................................................................................

53

Memory Door .....................................................................................................................

53

I/O Door .............................................................................................................................

53

Rubber Feet .......................................................................................................................

53

PCMCIA Card Tray.............................................................................................................

53

Display (HP Authorized Service Providers Only)....................................................................

54

Keyboard (HP Authorized Service Providers Only) ................................................................

62

Logic PCA Board (HP Authorized Service Providers Only).....................................................

63

Paw Carrier (Paw Active) (HP Authorized Service Providers Only) ........................................

65

Other Components (HP Authorized Service Providers Only)..................................................

66

Appendix A - Technical and Resource Specifications ................................................................

67

Mass Storage Specifications ..................................................................................................

67

Card Services and Socket Services Version Matrix................................................................

67

Memory Map..........................................................................................................................

68

Upper Memory Block Space...................................................................................................

68

DOS Conventional Memory ...................................................................................................

68

Appendix B - Power On Self Test Codes ...................................................................................

69

Beep Codes ...........................................................................................................................

69

Display Codes........................................................................................................................

70

Appendix C - Password Policy...................................................................................................

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