Symptom/Error

FRU/Action in Sequence

 

 

 

Operating system

1.

Check that the operating system has no

not found

 

failure and is installed correctly.

 

 

 

2.

Enter IBM BIOS Setup Utility and see

 

 

whether the hard disk drive and the

 

 

diskette drive are properly installed.

 

3.

Diskette drive

 

4.

Hard disk drive

 

5.

System board

 

 

 

No Beep Symptoms

Symptom/Error

FRU/Action in Sequence

 

 

 

No beep, power-on

1.

Ensure every connector is

indicator on, LCD blank,

 

connected tightly and correctly.

no POST

 

 

 

 

2.

DIMM

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

No beep, power-on

1.

Battery ASM

indicator off, LCD blank

2.

AC Adapter

during POST

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

No beep, power-on

1.

Reseat DIMM.

indicator on, LCD blank

2.

System board

during POST

 

 

No beep during POST

Speaker

but system runs correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

LCD-Related Symptoms

Symptom/Error

FRU/Action in Sequence

 

 

 

LCD backlight not

1.

Reseat the LCD connector.

working

2.

LCD FPC ASM

 

LCD too dark

3.

LCD inverter

 

LCD brightness cannot

4.

LCD

 

 

be adjusted

5.

System board

 

 

 

LCD screen unreadable

1.

Reseat the LCD connector.

 

Character missing pels

2.

LCD FPC ASM

 

 

Screen abnormal

3.

LCD inverter

4.

LCD

 

Wrong color displayed

5.

System board

 

 

 

LCD has extra horizontal

1.

LCD FPC ASM

or vertical lines

2.

LCD inverter

displayed.

 

3.

LCD

 

4.

System board

 

 

 

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IBM S30, S31 manual No Beep Symptoms, LCD-Related Symptoms

S30, S31 specifications

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