HP m700 manual Solving Display Problems, Fn+F4 hotkey

Solving Display Problems

Problem	Possible Cause	Solution
Characters on	Computer is in direct	Move the computer or
computer	light.	adjust the screen.
display are dim.	The brightness control	Adjust the brightness
	is not set properly.	control by pressing the
		Fn+F10 hotkeys.
	You may have a screen	Press any key to refresh
	saver or screen blanking	the screen.
	utility installed.
	Screen timeout was	Press any key to light
	initiated.	the screen.
	System initiated Suspend	Press the suspend button
	after a user-defined	to exit Suspend.
	timeout expired.
	Computer initiated a	■ Replace the battery
	low battery Suspend or	pack and exit
	Hibernation.	Suspend or
		Hibernation.
		■ Connect the
		computer to an
		external power
		source and exit
		Suspend or
		Hibernation.
	Power Management,	■ Replace the battery
	which controls Suspend	pack and turn on the
	and Hibernation, is	computer.
	disabled and the battery	■ Connect the
	pack has discharged.	computer to an
		external power
		source and turn on
		the computer.
Computer	Display was switched	Press Fn+F4 to display
screen is blank	to the external monitor.	information on the
and external		computer screen;
monitor displays		press Fn+F4 again to
information.		display information
		simultaneously on both
		screens.
	Display switch is stuck.	Tap the switch.

Fn+F4 hotkey	CRT or other display
combination	device is not connected
does not switch	properly.
between
internal and
external
displays.

Check your connections to ensure that an external device is connected properly.

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