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Chapter 4
4-4 General Hardware Problems
A few common hardware problems and suggested solutions are presented in the
table below:
General problems.
Problem
Solution
This display screen is dark.
Make sure that the computer
is not in Suspend mode.
Check the Brightness and
C o n t r a s t c o n t r o l s f o r t h e
screen, If the controls are
t u r n e d t o o f a r d o w n , t h e
screen will be dark.
An incorrect date and time
are displayed.
C o r r e c t t h e date and time
u s i n g t h e DOS DATE and
T I M E c o m m a n d s o r t h e
options in the Setup Utility. If
t h e date and time are still
incorrect, contact your dealer
to change the system board
battery.
The message"Non-system
disk or disk error, Replace
and strike any key when read"
appears during boot.
Yo u h a v e i n s e r t e d a n o n -
b o o t a b l e d i s k ( e i t h e r a
defective disk or one without
a n o p e r a t i n g s y s t e m ) .
R e p l a c e t h e d i s k w i t h a
bootable disk.
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