Symptom | Call Center: | Repair Center: | Repair Center: |
| Suggestions | Likely Causes | Comments |
Notebook resumes | Notebook can take a minute |
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slowly from Standby | or longer to resume if |
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mode. | network card is installed. |
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| Blinking cursor appears while |
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| system is loading and |
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| checking hardware and |
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| network connections. When |
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| hardware is reinitialized, |
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| Windows desktop appears. |
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Does not suspend | Notebook won’t suspend if |
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to Standby mode as | connection to another |
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expected. | computer is active. |
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| If notebook is busy, it |
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| normally finishes current |
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| operation before suspending. |
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Does not | Make sure hibernate support |
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automatically enter | is enabled in Power in |
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Hibernate mode as | Control Panel. Also, make |
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expected. | sure Hibernate timeouts |
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| (Power Schemes tab) for AC |
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| and battery power are not set |
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| to Never. |
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Display |
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Dark display, no | Make sure notebook is | Display cable | Check cable connections. |
light. | turned on and warmed up. | connection. | Replace SDRAM modules. |
| Check power supply. | SDRAM modules. | Make sure CPU module is |
| Make sure SDRAM modules | CPU module. | installed properly, replace |
| are installed properly. | Display assembly. | CPU module. |
| Adjust display brightness. | Motherboard. | Check display cable |
| Press Fn+F5 several times. |
| connections, replace display |
| Try external monitor. |
| assembly. |
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| If external monitor displays | |
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| no image, replace |
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| motherboard. |
White display. | Adjust display brightness. | Display assembly. |
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| Switchboard PCA. |
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Erratic display. |
| Display cable | Check display cable |
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| connection. | connection. |
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| Switchboard PCA. |
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| Display assembly. |
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| Motherboard. |
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Bright or missing | See quality statement on | Display cable | Check display cable |
pixels or lines. | page | connection. | connection. |
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| Display assembly. | See quality statement on |
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Punctured display. |
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| Declared to be caused by |
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| customer abuse. |
Vertical crack near |
| Usually caused by | Declared to be caused by |
center of display. |
| closing display with | customer abuse. |
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| keyboard. |
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Scratched display |
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| Declared to be caused by |
glass. |
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| customer abuse. |
HP Omnibook XE4100/XE4500 | Troubleshooting and Diagnostics |