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146 Chapter3
Troubleshooting Your Personal Workstation
If Your Personal Workstation Has a Hardware Problem
If the Floppy Disk Drive Does Not Work
• Check that you are using a formatted diskette and it is inserted
correctly.
• Check you are using a diskette that is the correct density.
• Check that the flexible disk drive is not disabled in the Setup
program (Advanced > Floppy Disk Drive).
• Check that the flexible disk drive is correctly configured in the Setup
program (Advanced > Floppy Disk Drive).
• Check that the Flexible Disks item and the Write on Flexible Disks
item are not set to locked in the Setup program (Security >
Hardware Protection).
• Clean the flexible disk drive using a diskette cleaning kit.
• Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected.
If the Hard Disk Drive Does not Work
• Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected
(refer to the section “Hard Disk Drive” in the chapter “Opening Your
Personal Workstation and Installing Accessories”).
• For an IDE drive, check the IDE Device’s configuration settings in the
Setup program (Advanced > IDE Devices).
• For an IDE drive, check the Hardware Protection settings in the
Setup program (Security > Hardware Protection).
• For an IDE drive, check the Start from Hard Disk Drive settings in
the Setup program (Security > Start from Hard Disk Drive).
If the Hard Disk
Activity Light
Does Not Work
If the hard disk activity light does not flicker when the Personal
Workstation is accessing the hard disk drive:
• Check that the control panel connector is firmly attached to the
system board.
• Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected.