L i f e B o o k N S e r i e s U s e r ’ s G u i d e
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You have connected an | Your system has crashed. | Try to restart your LifeBook notebook. If that fails, | |
external keyboard or a |
| turn off the power using the power/suspend/resume | |
mouse and it seems to be |
| button, wait at least 10 seconds, and then power on. | |
locking up the system. |
| If turning off power with the power/suspend/resume | |
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| button fails, the button has likely been set to | |
| suspend or hibernate. In that case, disconnect the | ||
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| power cord, then remove and | |
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Memory Problems |
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Your Power On screen, or | Your memory upgrade module | Remove and reinstall your memory upgrade | |
Main menu of the BIOS | is not properly installed. | module. (See Memory Upgrade Module page 45 for | |
setup utility information, |
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does not show the correct |
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You have a memory failure. | Check for Power On Self Test (POST) messages. | ||
amount of installed | |||
| (See Power On Self Test Messages page 59 for more | ||
memory. |
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Modem Problems |
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Messages about modem | Messages about operation are | See your application software documentation for | |
operation. | generated by whichever | additional information. | |
| modem application is in use. |
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USB Device Problems |
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You have installed a USB | The USB device is not properly | Verify the USB is properly installed by unplugging | |
device, but your LifeBook | installed and/or powered. | and replugging the plug. Also, verify that sufficient | |
notebook does not recog- |
| power is available to the USB device. | |
nize the device, or the |
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The USB port is not enabled in | Verify the USB port is set to Enabled in the BIOS. | ||
device does not seem to | |||
the BIOS. | (See Entering the BIOS Setup Utility page 27 for more | ||
work properly. | |||
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| The device is not properly | Remove and reinstall the device. (See Device Ports | |
| installed. | page 47 for more information) | |
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| The device may have been | Close the application and restart your LifeBook | |
| installed while an application | notebook. | |
| was running, so your notebook |
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| is not aware of its installation. |
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| Your software may not have | See your software documentation and activate the | |
| correct software driver active. | correct driver. | |
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| You may have the wrong I/O | See your device documentation and software docu- | |
| address selected for your | mentation to determine the required I/O address. | |
| device. | Change the settings in the BIOS setup utility. (See | |
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| BIOS Setup Utility page 29 for more information) | |
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| Your device and another device | Check all I/O addresses located within the BIOS | |
| are assigned the same I/O | setup utility and any other installed hardware or | |
| address. | software to make sure there are no duplications. | |
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PC Card Problems |
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A card inserted in the PC | The card is not properly | Remove and reinstall the card. (See Removing PC | |
Card slot does not work or | installed. | Cards page 43 for more information) | |
is locking up the system. |
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Your software may not have | See your software documentation and activate the | ||
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| the correct driver active. | correct driver. | |
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