IBM Aptiva Handbook

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1783 Secondary slave hard disk fail 1.Load the default settings in Setup. 2.Check the IDE drive jumper. 3.Check the power to the IDE drive. 4.Check the IDE cable/connection. 5.Check the IDE drive. 8602 PS/2 Mouse error OR no PS/2 mouse present 1.Determine if the mouse is connected properly and is defined correctly in BIOS Setup. Table 4: Error codes and messages (Continued) Error codes Error messages Corrective actions Note: If any of the errors persist after performing the listed corrective actions, see "Chapter 2: HelpWare support and services" on page 2-1 ...

I2 ROM test I3 Firmware and device ID L0 Low speaker volume L1 Low speaker volume L2 Medium speaker volume L3 High speaker volume M0 Speaker always off M1 Speaker on until carrier detected M2 Speaker always on O0 Return to data mode O1 Initiate an equalizer retrain and return to data mode P Pulse dial Q0 Result codes enabled Q1 Result codes disabled Sr? Read S register r, where r=0-95 Sr=n Set S register r to value n (r=0-95; n=0-255) T Tone dial V0 Numeric responses V1 Text responses X0 Hayes Smartmodem 300 compatible responses/blind dialing Table 1: AT commands (Contin ...