Symptom

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Suggestions

Likely Causes

Comments

Embedded numeric

Press Fn+F8 to activate

Keyboard.

 

keypad does not

numeric keypad, and Lock

Motherboard.

 

work.

key to turn on number lock.

 

 

 

Avoid touching touch pad

 

 

 

while booting or resuming.

 

 

PS/2 keyboard and

Check devices separately.

Y-adapter.

 

mouse with Y-

 

PS/2 device.

 

adapter do not

 

Motherboard.

 

work.

 

 

 

 

 

Touch pad

 

 

 

General problems.

Reset notebook (see page 1-

Top case.

 

 

9).

Motherboard.

 

 

Check settings in Control

 

 

 

Panel. Make sure touch pad

 

 

 

is enabled in Mouse

 

 

 

Properties.

 

 

 

By default, touch pad is

 

 

 

disabled if external PS/2

 

 

 

mouse is connected, Use

 

 

 

BIOS Setup to check

 

 

 

settings.

 

 

 

Avoid touching touch pad

 

 

 

while booting or resuming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special touch pad

In Mouse Properties, select

Top case.

 

features not

Synaptics PS/2 TouchPad

Motherboard.

 

working.

driver. (Driver is installed

 

 

 

from \hp\drivers\touchpad.)

 

 

Click button does

 

Top case.

 

not work.

 

Motherboard.

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out of memory

Make sure C drive has

SDRAM module.

 

error.

adequate free space. Delete

 

 

 

temporary and unneeded

 

 

 

files.

 

 

 

Use memory troubleshooter

 

 

 

in Windows Help.

 

 

 

Not all third-party memory

 

 

 

cards have been tested for

 

 

 

use with notebook.

 

 

Notebook does not

Use only PC133 (XE4100) or

SDRAM module.

 

boot after adding

DDR-266 (XE4500) SDRAM

 

 

SDRAM.

modules.

 

 

Audio

 

 

 

No sound audible.

Increase sound volume.

Top case.

Check operation using

 

Check whether sound is

Speaker assembly.

headphones or external

 

enabled (mute button and

Switchboard PCA.

speakers (switchboard PCA).

 

software controls).

Motherboard.

Make sure speaker assembly

 

Check for sound resource

cable is connected.

 

 

 

conflicts in Device Manager.

 

 

 

Test audio with e-Diagtools

 

 

 

diagnostics.

 

 

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