HP 280 G2 Small Form Factor Business PC - Maintenance and Service Guide

Solving Hardware Installation Problems ............................................................................................................. 69
Solving Network Problems .................................................................................................................................. 71
Solving memory problems .................................................................................................................................. 74
Solving USB ash drive problems ........................................................................................................................ 75
Solving front panel component problems .......................................................................................................... 76
Solving Internet access problems ....................................................................................................................... 76
Solving software problems .................................................................................................................................. 78
7 POST error messages and diagnostic front panel LEDs and audible codes ......................................................... 79
POST numeric codes and text messages ............................................................................................................. 79
Interpreting system validation diagnostic front panel LEDs and audible codes ................................................ 84
8 Password security and resetting CMOS .......................................................................................................... 86
Resetting CMOS and/or the password jumper .................................................................................................... 87
Changing a Setup or Power-On password ........................................................................................................... 88
Deleting a Setup or Power-On password ............................................................................................................ 89
9 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ....................................................................................................... 90
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 90
10 System backup and recovery ...................................................................................................................... 92
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10 ........................................................................................ 92
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................. 92
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ...................................................... 92
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................... 93
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................ 93
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................ 94
What you need to know before you get started .......................................... 94
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................. 95
Using HP Recovery media to recover ........................................................... 95
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................. 95
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ....................... 95
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 .......................................................................................... 96
Creating recovery media ................................................................................................................... 96
Creating recovery media using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) ................. 97
Creating recovery discs with HP Recovery Disc Creator (select models only) ............... 98
Creating recovery discs ................................................................................ 98
Backing up your information .......................................................................................... 98
System Restore ................................................................................................................................. 99
System Recovery ............................................................................................................................... 99
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