Compaq E500 specifications Solving Screen Problems

Solving Screen Problems

Problem	Possible Cause	Solution
Characters on	The brightness and/or	Press Fn+F10 to adjust
computer display are	contrast controls are	brightness.
dim	not properly set.
Screen is blank and	A screen blanking	Press any key and/or
the power/suspend	utility has initiated.	enter your power-on
light is on		password to return your
		information to the screen.
	Brightness and	Press Fn+F10 to adjust
	contrast need	brightness.
	adjusting.
	Screen save has	Press any key to return
	initiated.	your information to the
		screen.
Screen is blank and	Suspend is initiated.	Exit Suspend by pressing
the power/suspend		the suspend button.
light is blinking
Screen is blank and	Computer entered a	If possible, immediately
the battery charge	low battery condition.	connect the computer to
light is blinking		an external power
		source. If an external
		power source is not
		available, initiate
		Hibernation by pressing
		Fn + the power button, or
		let the computer
		automatically go into
		Hibernation.
		The computer has not
		completed Hibernation
		until all lights are off.

NOTE: The popup windows used to control brightness display correctly only when you are in an application that supports the popup video mode. If the popups do not display correctly, exit your application and press the hotkeys again to invoke the popup windows.

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