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

Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

The display goes blank by

The notebook has gone into

Press any button on the keyboard, or move the

itself after you have been

Video timeout, Standby mode,

mouse to restore operation. If that fails, push the

using it.

Suspend mode or Save-to-Disk

Suspend/Resume button. Check your power

 

mode because you have not

management settings, or close your applications

 

used it for a period of time.

and go to the Power Savings menu of the setup

 

 

utility to adjust the timeout values to better suit

 

 

your operation needs. (See BIOS Setup Utility on

 

 

page 33 for more information)

 

 

 

 

Something is pushing on the

Check the Closed Cover switch. (See figure 2-5 on

 

Closed Cover switch.

page 10 for location)

 

 

 

 

The power management time-

Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse

 

outs may be set for very short

to restore operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/

 

intervals and you failed to

Resume button. (The display may be shut off by

 

notice the display come on

Standby Mode, Auto Suspend or Video Timeout)

 

and go off again.

 

 

 

 

The Built-in Display does

A foreign object, such as a

Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard.

not close.

paper clip, is stuck between the

 

 

display and the keyboard.

 

 

 

 

The Built-in Display has

If the spots are very tiny and

This is normal; do nothing.

bright or dark spots.

few in number, this is normal

 

 

for a large LCD display.

 

 

 

 

 

If the spots are numerous or

Display is faulty; contact your support representative.

 

large enough to interfere with

 

 

your operation needs.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

submenu, located within the Advanced menu of the

 

 

BIOS. (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 33 for more

 

 

information)

 

 

 

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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