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Solving Problems with Your Computer Troubleshooting Techniques Troubleshooting Techniques This section contains solutions to a few common problems and troubleshooting techniques for your HP notebook PC. Audio problems If sound is not audible = Press Fn+Up arrow several times. = Click the speaker icon on the taskbar to ensure that Mute is not checked. = When you are operating your computer in MS-DOS mode (for example, when running MS-DOS games), you may find that the sound does not operate properly. Use Windows applications for full use of sound capabilities. If sound does not record = Check software controls for recording sound: Click Start, Programs, Accessories, Multimedia (or Entertainment), Sound Recorder. If the PC card detection beep(s) at startup are very loud and volume cannot be adjusted = Download the latest audio driver from the technical support area of the HP notebook website www.hp.com/notebooks. You may also want to test the audio with diagnostics. See "Testing Hardware Operation." CD-ROM drive problems If you can't boot from a CD in the CD-ROM drive = Make sure the CD is a bootable CD, such as the Recovery CD. = If you always want to boot from a CD when one is present, check the boot order in BIOS Setup and change it. 1. Click Start, Shut Down, Restart. 100 Reference Guide