Basic Troubleshooting

Keyboard Light Combinations Used by Boot Block ROM

FailSafe Boot Block Mode

Color

LED Activity

State/Message

Num Lock

Green

On

ROMPaq diskette not

 

 

 

present, is bad, or drive not

 

 

 

ready.* The screen displays

 

 

 

a Boot Block Recovery

 

 

 

message when using an

 

 

 

embedded graphics

 

 

 

controller or a PCI or AGP

 

 

 

graphics controller card.

 

 

 

 

Caps Lock

Green

On

Enter password.*

 

 

 

 

Num, Caps, Scroll Lock

Green

Turn on and off 2

ROM flash failed.*

 

 

times (accompanied

 

 

 

by 1 long and 3

 

 

 

short beeps)

 

 

 

 

 

Num, Caps, Scroll Lock

Green

On

Boot Block ROM Flash

 

 

 

successful. Turn power off,

 

 

 

then on to reboot.

 

 

 

 

Diagnostic lights do not flash on USB keyboards.

*Insert valid ROMPaq diskette in drive A. Turn power switch off, then on to reflash ROM. If ROM flash is successful, all three keyboard LEDs will light up and you will hear a rising tone series of beeps. Remove diskette and turn power off, then on to restart the computer. For more information about flashing the ROM, refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.

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