Compaq Presario X1000 - Notebook PC Troubleshooting Manual page 4

Contents
CD or DVD Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Digital Memory Card or Memory Stick problems. . . . . 2-13
Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
FireWire (IEEE 1394) Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Game Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
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Battery pack charge displays seem inaccurate . . . . . 2-6
Battery pack run time is shorter than expected . . . . . 2-7
Standby cannot be initiated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Hibernation cannot be initiated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
CD or DVD drive is not recognized by the system . . 2-9
No alert sounds when a CD or DVD drive is
inserted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Notebook cannot start up from a CD or DVD. . . . . 2-10
Notebook cannot read a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
DVD movie does not fill the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
DVD play is erratic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Standby or Hibernation affects CD or DVD play . . 2-12
DVD region error code is displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Notebook does not accept a digital memory
card or Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Digital memory alerts are not audible . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Notebook does not recognize a digital memory
card or Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Digital memory card or Memory Stick does not
work and alerts are not audible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Display is blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Desktop icons are too large or too small . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Characters are dim or difficult to read. . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
FireWire device does not work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
FireWire connector has only 4 pins. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Game frequently stops responding or locks up . . . . 2-18
Game sounds are erratic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Primary hard drive cannot be accessed . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Primary hard drive is not recognized. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Troubleshooting