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DVD drive problems NOTE: Because of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVD titles work in all DVD drives. TEST THE DRIVE WITH ANOTHER DVD - Insert another DVD to eliminate the possibility that the original DVD is defective. ENSURE THAT WINDOWS RECOGNIZES THE DRIVE - Click the Start button and click My Computer. If the DVD drive is not listed, perform a full scan with your antivirus software to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive. CLEAN THE DISC - See the Tell Me How help file for instructions on cleaning your DVDs. To access help files, see page 25. CHECK FOR INTERRUPT REQUEST CONFLICTS - See page 52. Hard drive problems RUN CHECK DISK - 1 Click the Start button and click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive letter (local disk) that you want to scan for errors, and then click Properties. 3 Click the Tools tab. 4 Under Error-checking, click Check Now. 5 Click Start. E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems NOTE: Connect the modem to an analog telephone jack only. The modem does not operate while it is connected to a digital telephone network. CHECK THE TELEPHONE LINE CONNECTION - Verify that the telephone line is connected to the jack on the modem. (The jack has either a green label or a connector-shaped icon next to it.) Ensure that you hear a click when you insert the telephone line connector into the modem. CHECK THE TELEPHONE JACK - Disconnect the telephone line from the modem and connect it to a telephone. Listen for a dial tone. Solving Problems 27

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Solving Problems
27
DVD drive problems
NOTE:
Because of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVD titles work in all
DVD drives.
Hard drive problems
E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
NOTE:
Connect the modem to an analog telephone jack only. The modem does not operate while it is
connected to a digital telephone network.
T
EST
THE
DRIVE
WITH
ANOTHER
DVD —
Insert another DVD to eliminate the possibility that the original
DVD is defective.
E
NSURE
THAT
W
INDOWS
RECOGNIZES
THE
DRIVE
—
Click the
Start
button and click
My Computer
. If the
DVD drive is not listed, perform a full scan with your antivirus software to check for and remove
viruses. Viruses can sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive.
C
LEAN
THE
DISC
—
See the
Tell Me How
help file for instructions on cleaning your DVDs. To access
help files, see page 25.
C
HECK
FOR
INTERRUPT
REQUEST
CONFLICTS
—
See page 52.
R
UN
C
HECK
D
ISK
—
1
Click the
Start
button and click
My Computer
.
2
Right-click the drive letter (local disk) that you want to scan for errors, and then click
Properties
.
3
Click the
Tools
tab.
4
Under
Error-checking
, click
Check Now
.
5
Click
Start.
C
HECK
THE
TELEPHONE
LINE
CONNECTION
—
Verify that the telephone line is connected to the jack on the
modem. (The jack has either a green label or a connector-shaped icon next to it.) Ensure that you
hear a click when you insert the telephone line connector into the modem.
C
HECK
THE
TELEPHONE
JACK
—
Disconnect the telephone line from the modem and connect it to a
telephone. Listen for a dial tone.