Troubleshooting and tips
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Acoustic warnings
A beep sounds every few seconds
The battery is almost drained.
²²
Charge the battery.
One long tone, pause, three long tones, pause, three long tones, pause, one long tone
No main memory is installed in the notebook.
²²
Install at least 16 MB of main memory.
A single continuous beep
The notebook cannot switch to standby or suspend mode because hard disk or diskette accesses take
place or there is no space provided on the hard disk.
²²
Wait until the hard disk or diskette accesses have terminated, or set up the required storage
space on the hard disk.
Three long beeps
The notebook cannot restore the programs that were active when it switched to Suspend mode.
Error messages on the screen
This section describes the error messages generated by the system BIOS. Error messages displayed
by the operating system or programs are described in the relevant manuals.
Diskette read failure - press F1 to retry boot
The inserted system disk is defective
²²
Insert another system disk.
²²
Press function key
>)@
>)@
.
No boot device available - press F1 to retry boot
The operating system cannot be loaded
²²
Insert a system disk.
²²
Press function key
>)@
>)@
.
No boot sector on fixed disk - press F1 to retry boot
The operating system is not installed on the hard disk or the hard disk has not been formatted.
²²
Insert a system disk.
²²
Press function key
>)@
>)@
.
No devices detected
The PC card (PCMCIA) interface cannot be initialized.
²²
Set the
Plug & Play O/S
field to
No
in the
Advanced-Setup
of the
BIOS-Setup
.
