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3. The brightness is turned all the way up. 3. Turn down the brightness adjustment.The
higher the brightness the more power your
display uses.
4. The batteries are very old. 4. Replace the batteries.
5. The batteries have been exposed to 5. Replace the batteries.
high temperatures.
6. The batteries are too hot or too cold. 6. Restore the notebook to normal operating
(See Batteries on page 29.) temperature.(The Charging icon on the
Status Indicator panel will flash when the
battery is outside its operating range.)
Shutdown and Startup Problems
The Suspend/Resume button does not work. 1. The Suspend/Resume button is disabled from 1. Enable the button from the setup utility.
the Advanced submenu ofthe Power Savings (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 44.)
menu ofthe setup utilit y.
2. You did not hold the button in long enough. 2. Hold the button longer.This may need to
be
a very long time if your application is
preven
ting the CPU from checking for
button pushes.
3. There may be a conflict with the 3. Close all applications,and try the
application software. button again.
Symptom PossibleCause Possible Solution
The batteries seem to discharge too
quickly (continued).