Diskette Drive Problems - NEC POWERMATE 2000 Service And Reference Manual
Pentium iii 800-mhz or higher processor-based series
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System performance appears sluggish.
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Check that the system is set for optimal operation. See the operating system documentation.
There might be to many applications open. Close any applications that are not being used.
Check the Internet browser and Windows for excessive Internet cache files. Delete the
cache files as necessary (see the browser and Windows online documentation for details).
Check the memory requirements of the software applications. If required, install additional
SO-DIMM memory (see Section 4, "System Board").
If optional SO-DIMM memory was added, check that it is correctly installed.
System password forgotten.
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Clear the password and reset it. See "System Board Jumpers" in Section 4. See "Security
Menu" in Section 2 to reset the password.
System shuts off instead of going into sleep mode.
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The power/sleep button might have been held in for four seconds or more. For sleep mode,
press in the button and immediately release.
System does not shut off after pressing the power/sleep button.
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The power/sleep button might not have been pressed in and held long enough. Press in the
button and hold for four or more seconds before releasing.
Diskette Drive Problems
Check the following to see the possible cause and solution.
Diskette won't load.
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Check that the drive does not have a diskette in it.
Check that the diskette is loaded correctly.
Check that the system unit power lamp is on and the power-on screen appears on the LCD
panel.
Check that the diskette is formatted. If not, format it. See the operating system
documentation.
Check that the diskette size is 1.44 MB.
If the diskette drive busy lamp does not light when loading the diskette, try a different
diskette. If this loads, the problem is in the software.
Non-System Disk or Disk Error message displayed.
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If trying to boot from the diskette drive, insert a diskette with system files into drive A.
If a bootable diskette does not boot, use the Setup Utility to verify that the initial boot
parameter is set to diskette drive A and not a hard drive.
Troubleshooting 7-3
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