Operating Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Important notes
- Preparation for use and operation
- Troubleshooting and tips
- Installing new software
- Power-on indicator remains dark after you have switched on your device
- The screen stays blank
- Flickering or drifting stripes on the monitor screen
- No mouse pointer displayed on the screen
- The floppy disk cannot be read or written
- Time and/or date is not correct
- Error messages on the screen
- Restoring the hard disk contents
- Tips
- System expansions
- Technical data
- Index
Troubleshooting and tips
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Time and/or date is not correct
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Set the time and/or date. You can set the time and date in the BIOS Setup or in the operating
system.
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If the time and date are repeatedly wrong when you switch on your PC, the battery is flat.
Change the lithium battery as described in the Chapter "Memory, processor, lithium
battery".
Error messages on the screen
Error messages and their descriptions are listed in the Technical Manual of the system board or in
the "BIOS Setup" manual and in the documentation of the installed software.
Restoring the hard disk contents
Your PC is supplied with different software components. These software components are usually
already preinstalled on the hard disk and is either ready for use immediately after initial startup or
initialized for setup or installation.
If your hard disk is however damaged, or programs or parts thereof have been accidentally deleted,
then recovery of the relevant programs or the entire contents of the hard disk is necessary.
The PC can be put into operation again with the backup diskettes, the Windows CD provided, the
drivers provided on floppy disks or CD and the CD with the applications program.
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All data on the hard disk will be deleted. Operating system, drivers and software utilities
will be reinstalled. For this reason you should try to save important data before you restore
the hard disk contents.
Restoring hard disk contents with a Windows CD
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Proceed as described in the related documentation.
Restoring the hard disk contents using the backup diskettes
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Insert the first backup disk and follow the instructions on the screen.
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Install the drivers and utilities in the C:\PROGS\DISKS directory.
Restoring the hard disk contents under Windows NT
If you need to restore the hard disk contents you have to reinstall Windows NT.
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Proceed as described in the related documentation.