The System's Disk Drives - Mitsubishi Apricot LS Series Owner's Handbook Manual

System BIOS

The System's Disk Drives

Floppy Disk Drive
Optional CD-ROM drive
Hard Disk Drive
Check finally the system BIOS to ensure that it has not been
disturbed from the original settings. An area is provided
within Chapter 5 (System BIOS and Setup) to make a note
of your current or original BIOS settings.
If the settings appear to have altered, there may be a fault
with the CMOS battery. See Chapter 3 (System
Motherboard) and Chapter 5 (System BIOS and Setup).
If you have problems accessing a diskette or floppy disk,
check that it is inserted correctly, that it has been correctly
formatted, that it is not write-protected, and that the
permissions assigned by the BIOS allow the intended access.
Some application software also may not allow you to read or
write to floppy disks during certain other operations, or until
you are about to exit the programme.
If you have problems accessing a CD, check that you have
allowed a few seconds for the disk to spin up to full speed,
that the disk is the correct way up in the drive, printed side
upwards, and that it is a data CD.
Remember that with a conventional CD-ROM drive you
cannot write to a CD.
If you encounter problems accessing any IDE hard disk
drive, use the BIOS Setup utility to check that the drive is
correctly specified, and that the drive's controller is enabled.
Check also that the disk has been correctly formatted, and
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