L i f e B o o k S S e r i e s – S e c t i o n F i v e
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The | If the spots are very tiny and | This is normal; do nothing. |
bright or dark spots. | few in number, this is normal |
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| If the spots are numerous or | Display is faulty; contact your support representative. |
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The application display | You are running an application | Display compression gives a clearer but smaller |
uses only a portion of your | that does not support 800 x | display for applications that do not support 800 x |
screen and is surrounded | 600/1024 x 768 pixel resolution | 600/1024 x 768 pixel resolution. You can fill the |
by a dark frame. | display and display compres- | screen but have less resolution by changing your |
| sion is enabled. | display compression setting, (See the Video Features |
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| submenu, located within the Advanced menu of the |
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| BIOS. (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 33 for more |
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The Display is dark when | The PMSet default is set | Press [FN] + [F7] to increase brightness or double- |
on battery power. | on low brightness to | click on PMSet battery gauge and adjust Power |
| conserve power. | Control under battery settings. |
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You have connected an | Your BIOS setup is not set to | Try toggling the video destination by pressing [FN] |
external monitor and | enable your external monitor. | and [F10] together, or check your BIOS setup and |
it does not display |
| enable your external monitor. (See the Video Features |
any information. |
| submenu, located within the Advanced Menu of the |
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| Your external monitor is not | Reinstall your device. (See External Monitor Port on |
| properly installed. | page 57 for more information) |
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| Your operating system soft- | Check your device and operating system |
| ware is not setup with the | documentation and activate the proper driver. |
| correct software driver for |
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| that device. |
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You have connected an | Your external monitor | See your monitor documentation and the |
external monitor and it | is not compatible with | External Monitor Support portions of the |
does not come on. | your LifeBook notebook. | Specifications section. (See Specifications on page 83 |
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Miscellaneous Problems |
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An error message is | Application software often | See your application manual and help displays |
displayed on the screen | has its own set of error | screens for more information. Not all messages are |
during the operation of | message displays. | errors some may simply be status. |
an application. |
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