Compaq 1256 Laptop User Manual


 
United States January 3, 2003
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Presario 1200 Series
Models: 1255, 1256, 1260, 1262, 1266, 1267, 1272, 1273, 1274, and 1275
Before You Begin Specifications Parts Catalog
Removal Sequence Troubleshooting Battery Operations
Product Description Pin Assignments
Index
Troubleshooting
Preliminary Steps
Clearing the Power-On
Password
Power-On Self Test
(POST)
Compaq Diagnostics
Diagnostic Error Codes
Troubleshooting
Without Diagnostics
Solving Minor
Problems
Contacting Compaq
Support
This section covers troubleshooting information
for the Compaq Presario 1200 Series Portable
Computers. The basic steps in troubleshooting
include:
1. Follow the
Preliminary
Steps.
2. Run the Power-On Self-Test
(POST).
3. If you are unable to run
POST or if POST displays an
error message, follow the
recommended actions
described in the diagnostic
tables.
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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