Speaker-Related Symptoms

Symptom/Error

FRU/Action in Sequence

 

 

 

Speakers make noise or

1.

Speakers

no sound comes from

2.

System board

system.

 

 

 

In DOS or Windows

1.

Speakers

multimedia programs, no

2.

System board

sound comes from the

computer.

 

 

 

 

 

Power Management-Related Symptoms

Symptom/Error

FRU/Action in Sequence

 

 

 

The system will not enter

1.

Keyboard (if control is from the

hibernation mode.

 

keyboard)

 

 

 

2.

Hard disk drive

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

The system will not wake

1.

Keyboard (if control is from the

up from hibernation

 

keyboard)

mode.

 

 

 

 

2.

Hard disk drive

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

The system will not enter

1.

Reseat suspend board cable

suspend mode after

2.

Suspend board ASM

closing the LCD.

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

Battery fuel-gauge does

1.

Remove battery ASM and let it

not go higher than 90%.

 

cool for 2 hours.

 

 

 

2.

Refresh battery (continue using

 

 

battery in BIOS Setup mode until

 

 

power off, then charge battery).

 

3.

Battery

 

4.

System board

 

 

System configuration

Load Setup Defaults and reboot the

does not match the

system.

installed devices.

 

 

 

 

 

System hangs

1.

Fan ASM

intermittently.

2.

System board

 

 

 

 

Peripheral-Device-Related Symptom

Symptom/Error

FRU/Action in Sequence

 

 

 

External display does not

1.

CRT adapter

work correctly.

2.

System board

 

 

 

 

USB does not work

1.

Power board ASM

correctly.

2.

System board

 

 

 

 

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IBM S30, S31 manual Speaker-Related Symptoms, Power Management-Related Symptoms, Peripheral-Device-Related Symptom

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