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Symptom

Call Center: Suggestions

Likely Causes

Comments

Notebook pauses or runs

May be normal Windows behavior

CPU module

If notebook slows after

sluggishly

(background processing can affect

Motherboard

period of continuous

 

response time).

activity, check heat

 

Certain operations (such as virus

 

sink—see previous

 

 

symptom.

 

scanning or file browsers) can affect

 

 

 

 

 

performance.

 

 

 

Press ctrl+alt+del to see if an

 

 

 

application is not responding.

 

 

 

Restart notebook.

 

 

 

If hard disk has spun down to

 

 

 

conserve power, it can take several

 

 

 

seconds to spin up (you can hear

 

 

 

this). Use Control Panel to modify

 

 

 

hard disk power settings.

 

 

 

Check for overheating—see previous

 

 

 

symptom.

 

 

 

If notebook’s hard drive frequently

 

 

 

runs (as indicated by hard drive light

 

 

 

on front of notebook) while notebook

 

 

 

appears to be paused or running

 

 

 

slowly, consider installing additional

 

 

 

SDRAM.

 

 

 

Make sure hard drive has adequate

 

 

 

free space. Delete temporary and

 

 

 

unneeded files.

 

 

Notebook still on but stops

Press ctrl+alt+del and end any

 

 

responding

application not responding.

 

 

 

Reset notebook (see page 1-17).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accessories

 

 

 

Port replicator problems

Check notebook’s power supply.

Port replicator

Port replicator is not

 

Check settings in BIOS Setup.

Motherboard

repairable, and must be

 

exchanged.

 

 

 

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