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Solving Problems with Your Computer Troubleshooting Techniques If the computer doesn't boot from battery power • Make sure the battery is properly inserted and fully charged. • Check battery contacts. • If another battery is available, try it. If the computer doesn't boot from the floppy disk drive • Make sure the floppy disk drive is selected as the boot device in the BIOS Setup utility-see "To change the boot device" on page 36. • Make sure the floppy disk drive controller is enabled in BIOS Setup-see "Using the BIOS Setup Utility" on page 84. Standby and resume problems If the computer takes a long time to resume after being on standby • In Windows, the computer can take a minute or longer to resume when a network card is installed. While the operating system is loading drivers and checking hardware and network connections, you will see a blinking cursor on your display. As soon as the hardware has been reinitialized, the Windows desktop will appear. If the operating system hangs after you have gone on standby or resumed • Your system may hang if you dock or undock your notebook while you are in the process of going on standby or resuming the computer. Make sure your computer has completely finished going on standby or completely resumed before you dock or undock it. 122 Reference Guide

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Solving Problems with Your Computer
Troubleshooting Techniques
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Reference Guide
If the computer doesn’t boot from battery power
•
Make sure the battery is properly inserted and fully charged.
•
Check battery contacts.
•
If another battery is available, try it.
If the computer doesn’t boot from the floppy disk drive
•
Make sure the floppy disk drive is selected as the boot device in the BIOS Setup
utility—see “To change the boot device” on page 36.
•
Make sure the floppy disk drive controller is enabled in BIOS Setup—see “Using the
BIOS Setup Utility” on page 84.
Standby and resume problems
If the computer takes a long time to resume after being on standby
•
In Windows, the computer can take a minute or longer to resume when a network
card is installed. While the operating system is loading drivers and checking
hardware and network connections, you will see a blinking cursor on your display. As
soon as the hardware has been reinitialized, the Windows desktop will appear.
If the operating system hangs after you have gone on standby or resumed
•
Your system may hang if you dock or undock your notebook while you are in the
process of going on standby or resuming the computer. Make sure your computer has
completely finished going on standby or completely resumed before you dock or
undock it.