Appendix C. Troubleshooting Index

This special index is designed to help you find solutions to problems—fast. Whether your system is beeping at startup, you’re getting the dreaded blue screen of death, or you can’t hear your rocket launcher blasts in your latest Unreal Tournament Deathmatch, this index will help you find solutions, quickly and relatively painlessly.

Problem

Details About Solution

Technology

Symptom

Cause

Solution

Page

ATA drive

Can’t detect drive with BIOS setup program.

Power cable might be loose or missing.

Reattach power cable.

827

ATA drive

Can’t detect drive with BIOS setup program.

Missing or reversed ATA data cable.

Reattach ATA data cable and verify pin 1 to pin 1 at both ends of cable.

821

ATA drive

Can’t detect either drive on cable with ...

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