User manual SONY VAIO VPCB11HGX/B

[. . . ] The ExpressCard word mark and logo are owned by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) and any use of such marks by Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation is under license. PCMCIA is a trademark of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. AMD and Turion are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OmniPass is a trademark of Softex, Inc. PowerDVD is a trademark of CyberLink Corp. Norton Internet Security is a trademark of Symantec Corporation in the United States and other countries. The DVD player found in some models of the LifeBook notebook incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. [. . . ] Not all messages are errors some may simply be status. 54 falcon2. book Page 55 Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:30 AM Troubleshooting POWER ON SELF TEST MESSAGES The following is an alphabetic list of error-and-status messages that Phoenix BIOS and/or your operating system can generate and an explanation of each message. If an error message is displayed that is not in this list, write it down and check your operating system documentation both on screen and in the manual. If you can find no reference to the message and its meaning is not clear, contact your support representative for assistance. nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes success-fully tested by the Power On Self Test. (This can only appear if you have an SRAM PC Card installed. ) *Diskette drive A error or Diskette drive B error Drive A: or B: is present but fails the BIOS Power On Self Test diskette tests. Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in the Setup Utility, (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 25 for more information) and that the diskette drive is installed correctly. If the disk drive is properly defined and installed, avoid using it and contact your support representative. *Extended RAM Failed at offset: nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly. If you have an installed memory upgrade module, verify that the module is properly installed. If it is properly installed, you may want to check your Windows Setup to be sure it is not using unavailable memory until you can contact your support representative. nnnn Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of memory in kilobytes successfully tested. This error probably means your BIOS is corrupted, run the setup utility and set all settings to the default conditions. If you still get this error, contact your support representative. *Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A: or drive C: Enter the setup utility and see if both the fixed disk, and drive A: are properly identified and that the boot sequence is set correctly. Unless you have changed your installation greatly, the operating system should be on drive C:. If the setup utility is correctly set, your hard drive may be corrupted. *Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus. BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen. If it cannot locate the address, it displays ????. This is a potentially data destroying failure. Contact your support representative. 55 falcon2. book Page 56 Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:30 AM LifeBook A3000 Series Notebook - Section Five *Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I/O bus. BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen. [. . . ] The Enrollment interface allows you to enroll fingerprints. For the procedure to enroll and authentication device refer to Chapter 2. 3. To enroll additional fingerprints, click Enroll Authentication Device, and authenticate with OmniPass. Select the fingerprint recognition device in the Select Authentication Device screen (it should already be marked by a green check if you have a finger enrolled) and click Next. [. . . ]