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 |
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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 | 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 |
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| utility to adjust the timeout values to better suit |
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| your operation needs. (See BIOS Setup Utility on |
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| page 33 for more information) |
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| Something is pushing on the | Check the Closed Cover switch. (See figure |
| Closed Cover switch. | page 10 for location) |
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| 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. |
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The | A foreign object, such as a | Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard. |
not close. | paper clip, is stuck between the |
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| display and the keyboard. |
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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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| for a large LCD display. |
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| If the spots are numerous or | Display is faulty; contact your support representative. |
| large enough to interfere with |
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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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