5 Troubleshooting Your PC

If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem

If the Hard Disk Does Not Work

1Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected.

2Check that the hard disk drive has been enabled and detected on the Hard Disk menu in Setup. There is also an option on the Setup Security menu which allows you to disable or enable boot on hard disk drive.

3Check that the on-board Bus IDE is enabled if you are using the on- board IDE controller.

If the Hard Disk Activity Light Does Not Work

If you are using a hard disk drive with a controller board (a SCSI hard disk, for example), the activity light does not flicker when the PC is accessing the hard disk drive.

If the hard disk activity light does not flicker when the PC is accessing the hard disk drive:

1Check that the control panel connector is firmly attached to the system board.

2Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected.

If the CD-ROM Drive Does Not Work

1Check that the cables have been properly connected.

2Check that a CD is inserted in the drive.

3Verify that the CD-ROM is declared as “CD” in Setup on the Hard Disk Drives menu.

4Verify that the On-board Bus IDE Adapters item is set to Both in Setup.

5If you intend to boot on CD-ROM, make sure that this option is enabled in Setup on the Security menu.

6For further information refer to the CD-ROM documentation.

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