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United States January 3, 2003
Presario 1600 Series
Models: 1683, 1685, 1687, 1688, 1690, 1692, 1693, and 1694
Before You Begin Specifications Parts Catalog
Removal Sequence Troubleshooting Battery Operations
Product Description Pin Assignments
Index
Preliminary
Steps
Clearing the
Power-On
Password
Power-On
Self Test
(POST)
Compaq
Diagnostics
Diagnostic
Error Codes
Solving
Minor
Problems
Contacting
Compaq
Support
Introduction
This section covers troubleshooting information for the above
listed Compaq Presario 1600 Series Portable Computers. The
basic steps in troubleshooting include:
1. Follow the Preliminary Steps.
2. Run the Power-On Self-Test (POST).
3. Follow the recommended actions described in the
diagnostic tables, if you are unable to run POST or if
POST displays an error message.
When following the recommended actions in the Sections on
POST and Diagnostic Error Codes perform them in the order
listed. Rerun POST after each recommended action until the
problem is solved and no error message occurs. Once the
problem is solved, do not complete the remaining
recommended actions.
NOTE:
If the problem is intermittent, check the computer
several times to verify that the problem is solved
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