Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Checking Out Your Computer
- Setting Up and Getting Started
- Working safely and comfortably
- Preparing power connections
- Connecting to a broadband modem or network
- Connecting a dial-up modem
- Starting your computer
- Turning off your computer
- Restarting (rebooting) your computer
- Using the keyboard
- Using the mouse
- Using optical drives
- Using the memory card reader
- Using the diskette drive
- Adjusting the volume
- Installing a printer, scanner, or other device
- Upgrading Your Computer
- Preventing static electricity discharge
- Opening and closing the case
- Removing and installing the front bezel
- Installing memory
- Replacing an optical or diskette drive or a card reader
- Replacing the hard drive
- Adding or replacing an expansion card
- Replacing the front fan
- Replacing the rear fan
- Replacing the front I/O board
- Replacing the processor
- Replacing the system battery
- Replacing the power supply
- Replacing the system board
- Maintaining Your Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Safety guidelines
- First steps
- Troubleshooting
- Add-in cards
- Audio
- CD or DVD drives
- Diskette drive
- The diskette drive is not recognized
- You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message “disk is full or write-protected”
- You see an “Access Denied” or “Write protect” error message
- You see a “Disk is full” error message
- You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message
- The diskette drive LED is lit continuously
- Display
- DVD drives
- Ethernet
- Expansion cards
- File management
- Floppy drive
- Hard drive
- Internet
- Keyboard
- Memory
- Memory card reader
- Modem (cable or DSL)
- Modem (dial-up)
- Your modem does not dial or does not connect
- You cannot connect to the Internet
- Your 56K modem does not connect at 56K
- Your fax communications program only sends and receives faxes at 14,400 bps when you have a 56K modem
- The modem is not recognized by your computer
- The modem is noisy when it dials and connects
- Monitor
- Mouse
- Networks
- Passwords
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Recovering your system
- Telephone support
- Legal Notices
- Index
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting topics are listed in alphabetical order.
Add-in cards
See “Expansion cards” on page 86.
Audio
See “Sound” on page 97.
CD or DVD drives
The computer does not recognize a disc or the CD or DVD
drive
• Make sure that the disc label is facing up, then try again.
• Try a different disc. Occasionally, discs are flawed or
become scratched and cannot be read by the CD or DVD
drive.
• If you are trying to play a DVD, make sure that you have
a DVD drive. To identify your drive type, see “Identifying
optical drive types” on page 27.
• Your computer may be experiencing some temporary
memory problems. Shut down and restart your
computer.
• Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may
not be able to play these CDs on your computer.
• Clean the disc. For more information, see “Cleaning
optical discs” on page 66.
• Restart your computer, then enter the BIOS Setup utility
by pressing and holding F2 while your computer
restarts. Make sure that the IDE controllers are enabled.
• Make sure that the drive is configured correctly by
following the instructions in the drive documentation.
• Reinstall the device driver.
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