Incorrectcharactersappearonthescreen.
Checkwhetheryouhaveinstalledtheoperatingsystemorapplicationscorrectly.Ifyes,havethecomputer
serviced.
WhenIturnonthecomputer,nothingisdisplayedonthescreenandthecomputerdoesnotbeep
whilestartingup.
Makesurethat:
•Thebatteryisinstalledcorrectly.
•Theacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandthepowercordispluggedintoaworking
electricaloutlet.
•Thecomputeristurnedon.(Pressthepowerbuttonagainforconrmation.)
Iftheseitemsarecorrectlyset,andthescreenremainsblank,havethecomputerserviced.
WhenIturnonthecomputer,onlyawhitecursorisdisplayedonablankscreen.
Restoreyourbackuplesorrestoreyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettingsusingthepreinstalled
recoveryprogramsonyourcomputer.Iftheproblempersists,havethecomputerserviced.
Myscreengoesblankwhilethecomputerison.
Yourscreensaverorpowermanagementmaybeenabled.Dooneofthefollowingtoexitfromthescreen
saverortoresumefromsleeporhibernationmode:
•PresstheFnkey.
•Pressthepowerbutton.
•PressFn+F2toconrmwhethertheLCDscreenhasbeenturnedoff.
Problemswithdrivesandotherstoragedevices
Thissectionincludesharddiskdriveproblemsandopticaldriveproblems.
Harddiskdriveproblem
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepitwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Theharddiskdrivemakesarattlingnoiseintermittently.
Therattlingnoisemightbeheard:
•Whentheharddiskdrivebeginsornishesgettingaccesstodata.
•Whenyoucarrytheharddiskdrive.
•Whenyoucarryyourcomputer.
Thisisanormalcharacteristicofaharddiskdriveandisnotadefect.
Theharddiskdrivedoesnotwork.
GototheStartupmenuoftheBIOS,andthenselecttheBootmenu.Makesurethattheharddiskdriveis
ontheBootpriorityorderlist.IfitisontheExcludedfrombootorderlist,itisdisabled.Selecttheentry
foritonthelistandpresstheShift+1key.ThismovestheentrytotheBootpriorityorderlist.
Opticaldriveproblems
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepitwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
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