Filter
Top Products
S e c t i o n F i v e
146
PC Card Problems
A card inserted in the PC Card slot does not 1. The card is not properly installed. 1. Remove and re-install the card.
work or is locking up the system. (See PC Cards on pages 108-111.)
2. The card may have been installed with an 2. Close your application and restart
application running and your notebook your notebook.
doesn’t know it’s there.
3. Your software may not have the correct 3. See your software documentation and
software driver active. activate the correct driver.
4. You may have the wrong I/O address selected 4. See your PC Card documentation to
for your PC Card device. determine the required I/O address.
5. Your PC Card device and another device are 5. Check all I/O addresses in the BIOS setup
assigned the same I/O address. utility and your other installed hardware
and make sure there are no duplications.
Power Failures
You turn on your notebook and nothing 1. The internal battery is completely discharged, 1. When all the batteries are dead there will
seems to happen. there is no external battery installed and be a beep when the power switch is turned
there is no power adapter (AC or auto/ on and the notebook will immediately go
airline) installed. into Dead Battery Suspend mode. (See pages
31-32.) Check the Status Indicator panel to
determine the presence and condition of
the batteries. (See pages 24-25.) Install the
external battery if it is not installed or a
power adapter if all batteries are dead or
unavailable. (See pages 107-108 and 14-15.)
Symptom Possible Cause Possible Solution