Troubleshooting
WADE-8041 User’s Manual
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Chapter 5
Troubleshooting
This chapter provides a few useful tips to quickly get WADE-8041 running with
success. As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 2, this chapter
will primarily focus on system integration issues, in terms of BIOS setting, and OS
diagnostics.
5.1
Hardware Quick Installation
Intel Socket 479 Pentium M / Celeron M processor
Please kindly refer the figure 3-1 at chapter 3, user has to configure CPU into the
actuator more gentle and locks the latch on the actuator, don’t forcible push CPU into
socket.
5.2 BIOS
Setting
It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the
devices cables required before turning on ATX power. CPU, CPU Fan, 184-pin DDR
SDRAM, keyboard, mouse, floppy drive, IDE hard disk, VGA connector, device
cables, ATX power cable are good examples that deserve attention. With no assurance
of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices, it is very
possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device.
To make sure that you have a successful start with WADE-8041, it is recommended,
when going with the boot-up sequence, to hit “DEL” key and enter the BIOS setup
menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far
well.
Loading the default optimal setting
When prompted with the main setup menu, please scroll down to “
Load Optimal
Defaults
”, press “Enter” and “Y” to load in default optimal BIOS setup. This will
force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration. It is recommended to
do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell
has highly endorsed. As a matter of fact, users can load the default BIOS setting any
time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence.
Auto Detect Hard Disks
In the BIOS => Standard CMOS setup menu, pick up any one from
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave IDE ports, and press “Enter”. Setup the selected
IDE port and its access mode to “Auto”. This will force system to automatically pick
up the IDE devices that are being connected each time system boots up.
