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Error Diagnosis
7-2
SIMATIC Box PC 620 Manual
C79000-G7076-C639-02
7.1 Diagnosing Errors
Error Cause Remedy
Power–ON LED is not lit Connection to power supply
is faulty
Check the connection to the
power supply, mains cable,
mains plug
The message:
”Invalid configuration
information... Press the F1 key
to continue, F2 to run Setup
utility”
appears on the display/monitor
Incorrect configuration data
Back-up battery defective or
dead
Press the ”F2” key, check the
configuration data in the
Setup program, enter default
values if necessary, check
error messages in the first
Setup mask
The message: ”No boot device
available”
appears on the display/monitor
No bootable disk in the drive
Wrong hard disk type entered
in Setup
Use the ”Fixed Disk Function”
in the Setup program
Message: ”Keyboard stuck key
failure”
A blocked key was found
during the system self-test of
the keyboard
Check keyboard
Restart system
The power–up of the PC is
terminated after several beeps
An error occurred during the
system self-test
Check hardware
(see also Section 2.1).
Every time a key is pressed, a
beep sounds without
characters being displayed
Keyboard buffer overflow <CTRL> <PAUSE>
Not ready error when
attempting to read from floppy
disk
No floppy disk inserted
Floppy disk is not formatted
Insert floppy disk
Format floppy disk
Write protection error occurs
when attempting to write to
floppy disk
Floppy disk is write protected
The gate is open with 3.5’’
format
Remove write protection
No response from ports
COM1,COM2, LPT1 or MPI/DP
Ports are set to ”Disabled”in
the Setup program.
Set the ports COM1,COM2,
LPT1 or MPI/DP to ”Enabled”
in the submenu ”Hardware
Options” in the Setup pro-
gram.
<\> key is not displayed Incorrect keyboard driver
being used
Load correct keyboard driver
<ALT> <9> <2>
Mouse does not function Mouse ball is not rotating
No/wrong mouse driver
Clean mouse ball and
housing
Load correct mouse driver
Mouse cursor cannot be
moved
The PS/2 port is set to
”disabled” in setup
Check setup entry
Mouse cursor moves jerkily Mouse ball is dirty Clean mouse ball and
housing
Drive cover cannot be opened Filter cover is not located
correctly
Press filter cover on firmly