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WARNING 1 Troubleshooting Your PC More Troubleshooting for Drives More Troubleshooting for Drives This section provides more information on how to solve problems with your disk drives. Be sure to disconnect the power cord and any telecommunication cables from your computer before you remove the cover to check the cable connections or jumper settings. To avoid electric shock and harm to your eyes by laser light, do not open the CD-ROM drive enclosure. The CD-ROM drive should be serviced by service personnel only. Refer to the label on the CD-ROM for power requirements and wavelength. This PC is a class 1 laser product. Do not attempt to make any adjustment of the laser unit. If the Floppy Drive Does Not Work 1 Ensure you are using a formatted diskette and it is inserted correctly. 2 Make sure that the Flexible Disk Drives/Floppy Disk Controller option in the Setup Advanced menu is enabled 3 Clean the floppy drive using a diskette cleaning kit. • Check that the floppy drive has been enabled in the Setup program, accessed by pressing F2 at startup. • The Flexible disks field in the Hardware Protection submenu (Security menu group) in Setup should be unlocked. • The Start from floppy field in the Boot Devices Security submenu (Security menu group) in Setup should be enabled. • The Write on flexible disks field in the Hardware Protection submenu (Security menu group) in Setup should be unlocked. 4 Check that the drive's power and data cables are correctly connected. 35

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Troubleshooting Your PC
More Troubleshooting for Drives
More Troubleshooting for Drives
This section provides more information on how to solve problems with
your disk drives.
WARNING
Be sure to disconnect the power cord and any telecommunication
cables from your computer before you remove the cover to check the
cable connections or jumper settings.
To avoid electric shock and harm to your eyes by laser light, do not
open the CD-ROM drive enclosure. The CD-ROM drive should be
serviced by service personnel only. Refer to the label on the CD-ROM
for power requirements and wavelength. This PC is a class 1 laser
product. Do not attempt to make any adjustment of the laser unit.
If the Floppy Drive Does Not Work
1
Ensure you are using a formatted diskette and it is inserted
correctly.
2
Make sure that the Flexible Disk Drives/Floppy Disk Controller
option in the
Setup
Advanced
menu is enabled
3
Clean the floppy drive using a diskette cleaning kit.
•
Check that the floppy drive has been enabled in the
Setup
program,
accessed by pressing
F2
at startup.
•
The
Flexible disks
field in the
Hardware Protection
submenu (
Security
menu group) in
Setup
should be
unlocked
.
•
The
Start from floppy
field in the
Boot Devices Security
submenu (
Security
menu group) in
Setup
should be enabled.
•
The
Write on flexible disks
field in the
Hardware
Protection
submenu (
Security
menu group) in
Setup
should
be
unlocked
.
4
Check that the drive’s power and data cables are correctly
connected.