Hardware Problems
There’s a Problem with the Hard Disk
Have you checked that...
You have not received a S.M.A.R.T. alert from the HP Brio Management Agent indicating that your hard disk drive is defective
The disk is not damaged in some way
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How
Such alerts can appear on your screen at startup or while the PC is running. If you receive such an alert, carry out an immediate data backup, then contact HP support at
www.hp.com/go/briosupport to
ask for a replacement hard drive.
Run ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter to see if they detect a problem with the hard disk drive. To access these utilities, select
Programs Ö Accessories Ö System Tools from the Start menu.
You have not disabled the option to boot your PC from the hard drive in the Boot menu of the Setup
program
The hard disk drive has been detected
ÖEnter the Setup program by pressing F2 at startup, then check the configuration of the Boot menu.
ÖEnter the Setup program by pressing F2 at startup, then go to the Advanced menu. You should see a hard disk drive declared in the IDE Devices submenu.
The hard disk drive is properly configured in the Setup | Enter the Setup program by pressing F2 at |
program | Ö startup. Make sure you have enabled the On- |
| chip Primary IDE and the |
| IDE fields under Hardware Protection in the |
| Boot menu. |
Advanced Troubleshooting
Have you checked that...
All the hard drive’s internal connections and both ends of the status panel are correctly connected
The jumpers on the hard drive are set correctly
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How
Check that the drive’s power and data cables are correctly connected at both ends (hard drive and system board). Refer to page 60 for connections to the hard drive and page 57 for connections to the system board.
Check that the jumpers on the hard drive are in CS (cable select) mode
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