Dell Inspiron 5000 - Manual (Page 28)

Start-Up Error Messages
0 P E R A T I N G S Y S T E M N O T F O U N D — Call Dell for technical assistance (see
page 76).
I N S E R T B O O T A B L E M E D I A —The operating system is trying to boot to a
nonbootable floppy disk or CD. Insert a bootable floppy disk or CD.
N O N - S Y S T E M D I S K E R R O R — A floppy disk is in the floppy drive. Remove the
floppy disk and restart the computer.
Video and Display Problems
If the display is blank
C H E C K T H E P o w e r P r o p e r t i e s — See Windows Help.
To access Windows Help#
1 Click the Start button and then click Help.
2 Click the Search tab.
3 Type standby and then click List Topics.
: Click To change the elapsed time before your computer automatically goes
on standby.
If the display is difficult to read
A D J U S T T H E B R I G H T N E S S — See the Tell Me How help file for instructions on
adjusting the brightness.
M O V E T H E s u b w o o f e r A W A Y F R O M T H E C O M P U T E R O R M O N I T O R — If
your external speaker system includes a subwoofer, ensure that the subwoofer is
at least 6 cm (2 ft) away from the computer or external monitor.
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