Biostar M7SXG Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 68)

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting

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PROBLEM

System does not boot from hard disk drive, can be booted from CD-ROM drive.

PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION

Connector between hard

drive and system board

unplugged.

When attempting to run

the FDISK utility you get a

message, INVALID

DRIVE SPECIFICATION.

Check cable running from

disk to disk controller

board. Make sure both

ends are securely plugged

in; check the drive type in

the standard CMOS

setup.

Damaged hard disk or

disk controller.

Format hard disk; if

unable to do so the hard

disk may be defective.

Contact technical

support.

Hard disk directory or

FAT is scrambled.

Run the FDISK program,

format the hard drive.

Copy data that was

backed up onto hard

drive.

Backing up the hard drive

is extremely important. All

hard disks are capable of

breaking down at any

time.

PROBLEM

System only boots from CD-ROM. Hard disk can be read and applications can be

used but booting from hard disk is impossible.

PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION

Hard Disk boot program

has been destroyed.

A number of causes could

be behind this.

Back up data and

applications files.

Reformat the hard drive.

Re-install applications and

data using backup disks.

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