Texas Instruments 51X Laptop User Manual


 
5
Troubleshooting Procedures
5.1
General
This section provides the following information:
Overview of the fault isolation process
Guidelines for isolating computer malfunctions to replaceable
subassemblies
Instructions for executing diagnostics and interpreting error messages
5.2
Overview of Fault Isolation Process
The fault isolation process (summarized in Figure 5-1) consists of the
following:
Quick Check of the following:
Notebook power system (including battery packs and AC Adapter
connections) - refer to Paragraph 5.4.
Switch settings (ensure
Power
switch is On, and press
Standby
switch to ensure that Notebook is not in Standby mode; press
Shift
to ensure the notebook is not in Auto-Suspend mode.
All external cabling (if any)
Check LCD Contrast adjustment (refer to Section 3)
Record and attempt to resolve any displayed error messages/LED
indications (refer to Paragraph 5.3 and Table 5-1)
Record and attempt to resolve any series of beeps emitted from the
notebook indicating test failure (refer to Table 5-2)
Troubleshooting
5-1