1.6.2 No-Beep Symptoms
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¦ Symptom/Error ¦ FRU/Action ¦
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¦ Blank screen ¦ Battery ¦
¦ ¦ AC Adapter ¦
¦ ¦ Memory Option ¦
¦ ¦ System Board ¦
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¦ Diagnostic tests hang ¦ Battery ¦
¦ ¦ AC Adapter ¦
¦ ¦ Memory Option ¦
¦ ¦ System Board ¦
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¦ Blinking cursor only ¦ Diskette Drive ¦
¦ ¦ System Board ¦
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¦ No beep or continuous beeps ¦ System Board ¦
¦ (See "Checking Power" in topic 1.3 ¦ Memory Option ¦
¦ before replacing any FRUs.) ¦ ¦
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¦ C: prompt ¦ Diskette Drive ¦
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¦ Diskette drive bypassed ¦ Diskette Drive ¦
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¦ Can't read diskette ¦ Diskette Drive ¦
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¦ Hard disk problem ¦ Hard Disk ¦
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¦ Printer problem ¦ Check Configuration ¦
¦ ¦ Parallel Port ¦
¦ ¦ System Board ¦
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¦ Communication or plotter problem ¦ Check Configuration ¦
¦ ¦ Serial Port ¦
¦ ¦ PCMCIA Device ¦
¦ ¦ System Board ¦
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IBM ThinkPad 500 HMM
No-Beep Symptoms
¦ Copyright IBM Corp. 1993
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