A Maintenance and Troubleshooting
78 SA200
•
The
ower switch does not acce
t
ust a li
ht touch. De
ress
the switch firml
for at least one second.
•
Confirm that the AC ada
ter is
ro
erl
connected to
our
la
to
and an electric outlet.
•
If
ou are usin
the batter
ack, check the batter
au
e on
the batter
and confirm that the batter
ack is
ro
erl
seated
in the main batter
com
artment.
Symptom: The laptop will not start
•
If the s
stem does not com
lete the Power On Self Test
(POST), contact Mastercare PC Service.
•
If the s
stem com
letes the POST, the hard disk or Windows
95 ma
be dama
ed. Insert the Windows 95 Startu
disk
ou
created, and then boot the la
to
. The A:\>
rom
t a
ears.
If
ou find that the hard disk is dama
ed,
ou can restoer
our
hard disk b
usin
the Setu
Boot Disk and Windows 95 CD.
Please refer to the instructions that are
rinted on the Setu
Boot Disk label.
Symptom: The screen is blank
•
Press the s
ace bar to see whether a
ower mana
ement
feature has blanked the screen to save
ower.
•
Press <Fn+F12> a few times to to
le throu
h the LCD and
external dis
la
o
tions.
•
Check the S
stem Status indicator to verif
that the la
to
is
ettin
ower. If the S
stem Status indiciator is not lit, check
the electrical outlet, the
ower cord, and the AC ada
ter cable,
as well as an
ower switches that ma
affect
our la
to
.
•
If
ou are usin
the batter
ack, make sure it has a char
e
remainin
and is installed correctl
.
•
Check the bri
htness and contrast controls for
our dis
la
.
Using the FORMAT command to format your
hard disk drive will erase all of your system’s
data. Use the FORMAT command as a last resort
and only after you have consulted with an
Mastercare PC Service.
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