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2￿￿Troubleshooting￿ 2.2￿￿Basic￿Flowchart￿

2.2￿ Basic￿Flowchart￿

The￿basic￿flowchart￿in￿Figure￿2-1￿serves￿as￿a￿guide￿for￿identifying￿a￿possibly￿faulty￿FRU.￿

Before￿going￿through￿the￿diagnostic￿flowchart￿steps,￿verify￿the￿following:￿

￿￿ Ask￿the￿user￿if￿a￿password￿has￿been￿registered￿and,￿if￿so,￿ask￿him￿or￿her￿to￿enter￿the￿ password.￿￿If￿the￿user￿has￿forgotten￿the￿system￿password,￿use￿a￿jump￿wire￿to￿make￿a￿ short￿circuit￿on￿M/B￿B500￿location,￿then￿turn￿the￿computer￿power￿on.￿￿When￿booted,￿ the￿computer￿overrides￿password￿protection￿and￿automatically￿erases￿the￿current￿ password.￿

￿￿ Make￿sure￿the￿Windows®￿Vista￿Home￿Edition￿has￿been￿installed￿on￿the￿HDD.￿￿Any￿ other￿operating￿system￿can￿cause￿the￿computer￿to￿malfunction.￿

￿￿ Make￿sure￿any￿piece￿of￿optional￿equipment￿has￿been￿installed.￿

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