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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Add-in cards
The computer does not recognize an add-in card
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Shut down and restart your computer.
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Make sure that you have installed the required software. For more information, see
the documentation that came with your add-in card.
Audio
See
Battery
See
CD or DVD drives
The computer does not recognize a disc or the CD or DVD drive
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Make sure that the disc label is facing up, then try again.
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Try a different disc. Occasionally discs are flawed or become scratched and cannot be
read by the CD or DVD drive.
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Your computer may be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down
and restart your computer.
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Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may not be able to play these
CDs on your computer.
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Clean the disc. For more information, see
“Cleaning CDs or DVDs” on page 48
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Restart your computer, then enter the BIOS Setup utility by pressing and holding
F1
while your computer restarts. Make sure that the IDE controllers are enabled.
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Make sure that the drive is configured correctly by following the instructions in the
drive documentation.
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Reinstall the device driver.
Summary of Contents for 3200SE
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