Contents 7
Removing the System Board Assembly . . . . . . 120
Installing the System Board Assembly
. . . . . . . 122
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 125
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 125
Start-Up Routine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Checking the Equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Troubleshooting External Connections
. . . . . . 126
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
. . . . . . . 126
Troubleshooting the Keyboard
. . . . . . . . . . . 127
Troubleshooting the Mouse
. . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
. . . . . . . . . . 128
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
. . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting a USB Device
. . . . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting a NIC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Troubleshooting a Wet System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Troubleshooting a Damaged System
. . . . . . . . . . 133
Troubleshooting the System Battery
. . . . . . . . . . 134
Troubleshooting Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
. . . . . . . 136
Troubleshooting a Fan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Troubleshooting System Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
. . . . . . . . . . 139
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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