Dealing with Problems (Summary)
Troubleshooting
Display
No display after powering on | z When the external display is not visible | ||||||||
| • Check your cable connection to the external display | ||||||||
| • Confirm that your display is powered on | ||||||||
| • Check the settings for your external display | ||||||||
| z The display destination may be set to the external display. | ||||||||
| Try changing the display destination by pressing the Fn+ | F3 | key. | ||||||
| If you want to switch the display destination repeatedly by pressing the | Fn | + | ||||||
| F3 key, make sure that the display destination has switched completely | ||||||||
| each time before pressing the Fn+F3 key again. | ||||||||
| z Press the Fn+F2 key and adjust the brightness. | ||||||||
The power has not been turned off, | z Has the computer been set to the | ||||||||
but after a certain period of time, | To resume operation of your computer when the display’s power is off (for | ||||||||
there is no display | energy conservation purposes), press any key unrelated to the direct trig- | ||||||||
| gering of a selection, like the Ctrl key. | ||||||||
| z To save power, your computer may have automatically entered the standby | ||||||||
| mode (the power indicator blinks green) or hibernation mode (the power | ||||||||
| indicator turns off). If so, slide the power switch. | ||||||||
When the battery pack is used, the | z Press the |
| + |
| key and adjust the brightness. Note, however, that when | ||||
Fn | F2 | ||||||||
screen is darker than when the AC | the brightness is increased, the battery running time will become shorter. | ||||||||
adaptor is connected | Brightness can be set to separate levels for when the AC adaptor is con- | ||||||||
| nected and when it is disconnected. | ||||||||
An afterimage appears (e.g., the key | z If an image is displayed for a prolonged period of time, an afterimage may | ||||||||
green, red, and blue dots remain on | appear. This is not a malfunction. The afterimage will disappear when a | ||||||||
the display) or there are dots not dis- | different screen is displayed. | ||||||||
playing the correct colors | z | ||||||||
| color liquid crystal displays (color LCDs). Therefore, if 0.002% or less of the | ||||||||
| picture’s elements either fail to light or remain constantly lit (that means that | ||||||||
| more than 99.998% of the elements are functioning properly), this is not | ||||||||
| considered a defect. | ||||||||
The screen becomes disordered | z The screen display may become distorted if the resolution or number of col- | ||||||||
| ors is changed, or if an external display is connected or disconnected while | ||||||||
| the computer is operating. Restart the computer. | ||||||||
The external display no longer | z When an external display, not compatible with the | ||||||||
shows the correct image | connected to the computer. The display may not function correctly when the | ||||||||
| computer enters the | ||||||||
| display. | ||||||||
When you want to display the fonts | z Change the size of the icons, etc. using "Icon Enlarger (Î "Chapter 6: Icon | ||||||||
or icons in a larger size | Enlarger" in onscreen Reference Manual). | ||||||||
| z You can also change the settings as follows (for more details, refer to the | ||||||||
| Windows Help). | ||||||||
| A Click [start] - [Control Panel] - [Appearance and Themes] - [Dis- | ||||||||
| play] - [Appearance]. | ||||||||
| B Select the font size in [Font size] and click [Effects]. Then add the | ||||||||
| check mark for [Use large icons] to increase the icon size. | ||||||||
| C Click [OK], then click [OK]. | ||||||||
| z To enlarge a part of the screen, use "Loupe Utility" (Î "Chapter 6: Loupe | ||||||||
| Utility" in onscreen Reference Manual). | ||||||||
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