Maintenance and Service Guide
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... able to reprogram a malfunctioning BIOS IC using either e-DiagTools for Windows, a BIOS floppy disk, or a Crisis Recovery floppy disk. If it . If the notebook will boot sufficiently, use a Crisis Recovery floppy disk. Undock the notebook if it is defective, you must replace the motherboard. Select Start > Programs (or All Programs) > Hewlett-Packard > Notebook > HP e-DiagTools > e-DiagTools for Windows...
... able to reprogram a malfunctioning BIOS IC using either e-DiagTools for Windows, a BIOS floppy disk, or a Crisis Recovery floppy disk. If it . If the notebook will boot sufficiently, use a Crisis Recovery floppy disk. Undock the notebook if it is defective, you must replace the motherboard. Select Start > Programs (or All Programs) > Hewlett-Packard > Notebook > HP e-DiagTools > e-DiagTools for Windows...
Maintenance and Service Guide
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...drive. Password removal is bootable. Power Service Manual Troubleshooting and Diagnostics 3-9 Check for corrupt files on hard drive, use Recovery CDs to optimize hard disk. If notebook boots from CD in CD/DVD drive Sluggish startup or shutdown Error message such as "Invalid system disk" or "Auto ... hard disk. Use Tools tab in disk's Properties sheet to check default boot order. Restart notebook. Make sure CD/DVD is properly installed and fully charged. See page 5-2. Use BIOS Setup to certain sites. Symptom Does not boot on battery, but boots on AC Does not...
...drive. Password removal is bootable. Power Service Manual Troubleshooting and Diagnostics 3-9 Check for corrupt files on hard drive, use Recovery CDs to optimize hard disk. If notebook boots from CD in CD/DVD drive Sluggish startup or shutdown Error message such as "Invalid system disk" or "Auto ... hard disk. Use Tools tab in disk's Properties sheet to check default boot order. Restart notebook. Make sure CD/DVD is properly installed and fully charged. See page 5-2. Use BIOS Setup to certain sites. Symptom Does not boot on battery, but boots on AC Does not...
Maintenance and Service Guide
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...(SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if... initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non-MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC-compatible PnP ISA devices Re-initialize onboard I/O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices (optional) Initialize...
...(SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring Initialize coprocessor if... initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non-MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC-compatible PnP ISA devices Re-initialize onboard I/O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices (optional) Initialize...
Maintenance and Service Guide
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... digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block...
... digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block...
Hard Drive White Paper
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...Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for any errors, bad sectors and/or recovery of data to the hard drive. HP Recommendations for Notebook Users • Install HP Notebook LidSwitch Policy, or as an alternative, place the notebook into Standby mode before transporting it from one location to another. ...• Upgrade to the latest system BIOS, as a word processor ...
...Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for any errors, bad sectors and/or recovery of data to the hard drive. HP Recommendations for Notebook Users • Install HP Notebook LidSwitch Policy, or as an alternative, place the notebook into Standby mode before transporting it from one location to another. ...• Upgrade to the latest system BIOS, as a word processor ...
HP Pavilion ze4x00, ze5x00 and specific xt notebook series - Startup Guide
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... hard drive and reinstall the original factory software using the QuickRestore System Recovery CD included with the BIOS Setup utility. • Restart the notebook. If the pointer is rebooting. If this setting with your notebook. Troubleshooting and Maintenance Troubleshooting Your Notebook Hard drive problems If the notebook hard drive does not spin • Make sure the...
... hard drive and reinstall the original factory software using the QuickRestore System Recovery CD included with the BIOS Setup utility. • Restart the notebook. If the pointer is rebooting. If this setting with your notebook. Troubleshooting and Maintenance Troubleshooting Your Notebook Hard drive problems If the notebook hard drive does not spin • Make sure the...