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5 Troubleshooting Your PC If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem If the Hard Disk Activity Light Does Not Work If the hard disk activity light does not flicker when the PC is accessing the hard disk drive: • Check that the control panel connector is firmly attached to the system board. • Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected. NOTE If you are using a hard disk drive with a controller board (a SCSI hard disk, for example), the activity light does not flicker when the PC is accessing the hard disk drive If the CD-ROM Drive Does Not Work • Check that the cables have been properly connected. • Check that a CD is inserted in the drive. • Verify that the CD-ROM is declared as "CD" in Setup on the Hard Disk Drives menu. • Verify that the On-board Bus IDE Adapters item is set to Both in Setup. • If you intend to boot on CD-ROM, make sure that this option is enabled in Setup on the Security menu. • For further information refer to the CD-ROM documentation. 86 English

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5
Troubleshooting Your PC
If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem
86
English
If the Hard Disk
Activity Light Does
Not Work
If the hard disk activity light does not flicker when the PC is accessing
the hard disk drive:
•
Check that the control panel connector is firmly attached to the
system board.
•
Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected.
NOTE
If you are using a hard disk drive with a controller board (a SCSI hard
disk, for example), the activity light does
not
flicker when the PC is
accessing the hard disk drive
If the CD-ROM Drive Does Not Work
•
Check that the cables have been properly connected.
•
Check that a CD is inserted in the drive.
•
Verify that the CD-ROM is declared as “CD” in
Setup
on the
Hard
Disk Drives
menu.
•
Verify that the
On-board Bus IDE Adapters
item is set to
Both
in
Setup
.
•
If you intend to boot on CD-ROM, make sure that this option is
enabled in
Setup
on the
Security
menu.
•
For further information refer to the CD-ROM documentation.