Table – HP A7818-IE002 User Manual
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Troubleshooting Your Workstation
Chapter 7
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Symptom: when the power button is pressed, the
Workstation...
Type of problem
Refer to
page
Case 1
Shows no sign of activity at all:
•
Monitor is blank.
•
No hard disk drive or fan noise.
•
MaxiLife status panel does not light up.
Workstation may not be
correctly connected to the
power supply.
Case 2
Appears to boot, but monitor remains blank:
•
Hard disk drive and fan can be heard.
•
Status LED is GREEN.
•
MaxiLife status panel displays
system booting
.
Monitor may be badly
connected or not switched
on.
Case 3
Does not boot:
•
Monitor remains blank.
•
Status LED is RED.
•
Beep code emitted.
•
MaxiLife status panel displays an error message
with a sad face
.
HP MaxiLife has detected a
hardware configuration
error. A component may be
improperly connected inside
the workstation.
Case 4
Starts to boot and there is activity on the monitor:
•
Boot process fails with an error message.
•
Status LED is RED.
•
MaxiLife status panel displays a sad face
and a
POST error message.
Configuration error has
been detected by the POST
(Power-On Self Test).
Case 5
Starts to boot and there is initially some activity on
the monitor, but then:
•
Screen becomes blank, or
•
Image is corrupt.
Video card may be
improperly installed or
incorrectly configured.
Hard disk drive failure or
not accessible.
Symptom
Type of Problem
Refer To
Workstation starts to boot, but a
POST (Power-On Self-Test) error
message is displayed on the screen.
•
CMOS test error.
•
Keyboard or mouse are not working
correctly.
•
Floppy disk drive LED does not appear.
•
Hard disk drive, DVD, CD-RW or
CD-ROM drive are not accessible.
•
Serial or Parallel ports are incorrectly
configured.
•
Devices are not cabled correctly.
•
Device drivers missing or incorrectly
installed.
An error message appears on the MaxiLife LCD during runtime.
You cannot turn off the workstation.