Personal Computer User Manual

•EnsurethataDVDdiscisinthedrivewiththeshinysideofthediscfacingdown.
•Ensurethatvideoresolutionissettolessthan1152x864.
•OncomputersthathaveaCD-ROMorCD-RWdriveinadditiontoaDVD-ROMdrive,makesurethatthe
DVDdiscisinthedrivelabeled“DVD”.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“Diagnosticprograms”on
page67forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,
andservice”onpage69.
Intermittentproblems
Symptom:Aproblemoccursonlyoccasionallyandisdifculttorepeat.
Actions:
•Verifythatallcablesandcordsaresecurelyconnectedtothecomputerandattacheddevices.
•Verifythatwhenthecomputerison,thefanisnotblocked(thereisairowaroundthefan),andthefanis
working.Ifairowisblockedorthefanisnotworking,thecomputermightoverheat.
•IfSCSIdevicesareinstalled,verifythatthelastexternaldeviceineachSCSIchainisterminatedcorrectly.
(SeeyourSCSIdocumentation.)
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“Diagnosticprograms”on
page67
forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,
andservice”onpage69
.
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdeviceproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork”onpage57
•“Themouseorpointingdevicedoesnotwork”onpage58
•“Thepointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththemouse”onpage58
•“Thengerprintreaderdoesnotwork”onpage58
•“Thewirelesskeyboarddoesnotwork”onpage58
Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork
Symptom:Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork.
Actions:
•Verifythatthekeyboardcableissecurelyconnectedtothecorrectconnectoronthecomputer.
•IfyouareusinganEnhancedPerformanceUSBkeyboardandoneormoreoftheRapidAccessbuttons
aretheonlykeysthatarenotworking,thesebuttonsmighthavebeendisabledorhavenotbeenassigned
toafunction.UsethehelpsystemintheEnhancedPerformanceCustomizationKeyboardprogramto
helpdiagnoseproblemswiththeRapidAccessbuttons.
•OntheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDevicesandPrinters.
4.Double-clickUSBEnhancedPerformanceKeyboard.TheUSBEnhancedPerformanceKeyboard
Customizationprogramstarts.
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