User manual SONY VAIO VPC-CA17FX/B

[. . . ] The following are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation: MS, MS-DOS, Windows. PCMCIA is a trademark of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a registered trademark of Adobe System Inc. [. . . ] See "Specifications" on page 73. See your application manual and help displays screens for more information. Not all messages are errors some may simply be status. 59 B Series. book Page 60 Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:34 PM LifeBook B Series ­ Section Five 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 successfully 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 29. 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. You may have to replace your keyboard but may be able to use an external keyboard until then. *Monitor type does not match CMOS ­ Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup. 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 and your system may have to be re-installed from your back up media. *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 60 B Series. book Page 61 Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:34 PM Tro ubleshoo ting cannot locate the address, it displays????. This is a potentially data destroying failure. [. . . ] Right click [Intersil PRISM Wireless LAN PCI Card], and click [Uninstall] from the menu that is displayed. Make sure that the icon has disappeared from the task tray in the lower right corner of the screen. Perform the following steps. I I Click [PRISM 11Mbps Wireless LAN for Windows]. Click [Change/Remove]. A window appears asking you if you really want to remove the driver. [. . . ]