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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. 1. Click Start, Turn Off Computer, Restart. 2. When you see the HP logo, press F2 to start the BIOS Setup utility. 3. Tab to the Boot menu. The default boot order is (1) Hard Drive, (2) Floppy Drive, and (3) CD-ROM/DVD Drive. 4. Select Floppy Drive for first boot device. 5. Exit the BIOS Setup utility. • Make sure the floppy disk drive controller is enabled in BIOS Setup-see "Using the BIOS Setup Utility" on page 74. Standby and resume problems If the computer takes a long time to resume after being on standby • The computer can take a minute or longer to resume if a network card is installed. A blinking cursor appears on the display while the system is loading and checking hardware and network connections. As soon as the hardware is reinitialized, the Windows desktop appears. 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 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. Reference Guide 109

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Solving Problems with Your Computer
Troubleshooting Techniques
Reference Guide
109
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.
1. Click Start, Turn Off Computer, Restart.
2.
When you see the HP logo, press F2 to start the BIOS Setup utility.
3.
Tab to the Boot menu. The default boot order is (1) Hard Drive, (2) Floppy Drive,
and (3) CD-ROM/DVD Drive.
4. Select Floppy Drive for first boot device.
5. Exit the BIOS Setup utility.
•
Make sure the floppy disk drive controller is enabled in BIOS Setup—see “Using the
BIOS Setup Utility” on page 74.
Standby and resume problems
If the computer takes a long time to resume after being on standby
•
The computer can take a minute or longer to resume if a network card is installed.
A blinking cursor appears on the display while the system is loading and checking
hardware and network connections. As soon as the hardware is reinitialized, the
Windows desktop appears.
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 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.