Diskette Drive Problems - NEC PowerMate 2000 Series Service And Reference Manual

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System emits continuous beeps.
Turn the system off, wait at least five seconds, and turn the system on. If
the beeps continue, call the NEC CSD Technical Support Center.
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System does not maintain date, time, system configuration
information.
Change the battery (see "CMOS Battery Removal" in Section 3,
"Disassembly and Reassembly").
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System does not boot from hard drive.
The system usually tries to start from the diskette drive before it starts
from the hard drive. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive.
Run the Setup utility (see Section 2, "System Configuration") and set the
Boot parameter to hard disk device instead of floppy disk device.
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System performance appears sluggish.
Check that the system is set for optimal operation. See the operating
system documentation.
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.
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System password forgotten.
Clear the password and reset it. See "Clearing the Password" in Section
4." See "Security Menu" in Section 2 to reset the password.
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System shuts off instead of going into sleep mode.
The power/sleep button might have been held in for four seconds or
more. For sleep mode, press in the button and immediately release.
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System does not shut off after pressing the power/sleep button.
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.
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Diskette won't load.
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.
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