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Turn off the system and wait 20 seconds. Turn it back on and
make sure the drive spins up. If the drive does not spin up,
check the drive power cable.
The screen stays blank when you power up the system.
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Make sure the monitor is plugged in and turned on.
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Check all cards. Make sure the video card is seated in its slot
and secured with mounting screws.
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Check all cables. Make sure the video card cables are se-
curely attached.
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While the system is turned off, remove the drive host adapter.
If the screen turns on after you reboot, the host adapter may
be incompatible or defective. See your dealer.
The system hangs in FDISK or fails to create or save the
partition record.
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Check all cables.
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The DOS utilities diskette may be corrupted. Try your backup
DOS diskette.
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If you version of DOS is 4.0 or older, make the drive partitions
smaller.
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Check for media defects at the beginning of the drive. Use a
third-party surface scan utility.
The FDISK error message, “No Fixed Disk Present,” appears.
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Check all cables.
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Check the power supply specifications.
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Make sure the drive spins up when you turn on the system.
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Check the drive type. In AT systems, the drive type must be
set to zero.
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Check for I/O address conflicts.
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