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C A U T I O N
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A V E R T I S S E M E N T
Black & White of Cover to come
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
USER INSTALLABLE FEATURES
USING YOUR LIFEBOOK C SERIES FROM FUJITSU
SETTING UP YOUR LIFEBOOK C SERIES FROM FUJITSU
SECTION ONE
TROUBLESHOOTING
APPENDICES SPECIFICATIONS & GLOSSARY
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
SECTION FIVE
T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s f r o m F u j i t s u
P r e f a c e
CONVENTIONS USED IN THE GUIDE
PREFACE
P O I N T
C A U T I O N
L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s f r o m F u j i t s u Preface
Third Party Options and Accessories
L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s f r o m F u j i t s u
Figure P-1 LifeBook C Series with Samples of Fujitsu and
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P r e f a c e
Unpacking Overview of LifeBook C Series Features
Setting Up Your LifeBook C Series
S e c t i o n O n e
Component Identification Top and Front Components
UNPACKING
Section One
SETTING UP YOUR LIFEBOOK C SERIES FROM FUJITSU
C A U T I O N
OVERVIEW OF LIFEBOOK C SERIES FEATURES
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
P O I N T
Built-in Pioneer stereo speakers Built-in mono microphone
P O I N T
Closed Cover Switch Status Indicator Panel Built-in Microphone
COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION
Power and Suspend/Resume Button
S e t t i n g U p Y o u r L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s
Wireless IR Mouse Receiver
Status Indicator Panel
Closed Cover Switch
TOP AND FRONT COMPONENTS
LEFT-SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS
Power Switch
Anti-theft Lock Slot
RIGHT-SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS
Volume Control
PC Card Slots
Headphone Jack
REAR PANEL COMPONENTS
DC Power Jack
Modem RJ-11 Jack
PS/2 Port
BOTTOM COMPONENTS
Lithium ion Battery Bay
Main Unit and Configuration Label
Power Off
Power Sources Display Panel Starting your LifeBook for the First Time
S e c t i o n T w o
Starting Your LifeBook C Series from Fujitsu
Connecting the Power Adapters
POWER SOURCES
SECTION TWO
STARTING YOUR LIFEBOOK C SERIES FROM FUJITSU
Power On
Adjusting the Brightness
DISPLAY PANEL
STARTING YOUR LIFEBOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME
Getting Started
Booting the System with Windows 98 Second Edition
Figure 2-3 Power On
Registration
Final Settings
Once you have setup your LifeBook to dial out, Windows 98 SE will make a free telephone call which will test these settings. If the call is unsuccessful, you will be returned to the phone settings page where you may try to fix them at this time. If you are unable to fix the settings please contact Fujitsu PC Service and Support. See page 17. If you would simply like to move on, and register your LifeBook at a later time, simply click on skip and you will go directly to the condition of use page
P O I N T
What are the benefits of registering?
REGISTERING YOUR LIFEBOOK
How do I register?
P O I N T
LEARNING ABOUT YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE
POWER OFF
Tutorials
Manuals
P O I N T
RESTARTING THE SYSTEM
P O I N T
C A U T I O N
S e c t i o n T h r e e
Using Your LifeBook C Series from Fujitsu
Power Indicator
STATUS INDICATOR PANEL
USING YOUR LIFEBOOK C SERIES FROM FUJITSU
Figure 3-1 Status Indicator Panel
Battery Indicator
AC Adapter Indicator
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
Hard Drive Access Indicator
DVD/CD-ROM Drive Access Indicator
To disable the DVD/CD automatic insertion function
P O I N T
Floppy Disk Drive Access Indicator
BATTERY
PC Card Access Indicators
NumLk Indicator
Recharging the Battery
Shorted Battery
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
Figure 3-2 on page
Low Battery State
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
INTEGRATED ERGOTRAC POINTING DEVICE
Figure 3-3 ErgoTrac pointing device
Double-Clicking
Clicking
P O I N T
P O I N T
ErgoTrac Pointing Device Control Adjustment
USING THE KEYBOARD
Dragging
Numeric Keypad
Function Keys
Cursor Keys
Fn Key
P O I N T
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
VOLUME CONTROL
Windows Keys
C A U T I O N
Ejecting a Floppy Disk
Loading a Floppy Disk
Preparing a Floppy Disk for Use
P O I N T
Care of Floppy Disk Drive and Disks
DVD OR CD-ROM DRIVE
Loading a DVD or CD
C A U T I O N
Care of DVDs and CD-ROMs
LIFEBOOK APPLICATION PANEL
P O I N T
INTERNAL MODEM
HARD DRIVE
Formatting the Hard Drive
more information
Using the Suspend/Resume Features
POWER MANAGEMENT
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
P O I N T
Indicator panel above the keyboard of your notebook. Figure 3-11. Push the Power but- ton, when your notebook is active but no Access indicators are on and release the button imme- diately. You will hear two short beeps and then your system will enter Suspend mode
C A U T I O N
P O I N T
Pressing the Power button when your system is in the On state
Standby Mode
C A U T I O N
P O I N T
P O I N T
Save-to-Disk Mode
P O I N T
C A U T I O N
P O I N T
Idle Mode
P O I N T
P O I N T
Hard Disk Timeout
Video Timeout
Windows Power Management Control Panels
Hardware Data Security Features
LapLink Professional
PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE
Quicken 99 Basic
McAfee VirusScan
Microsoft Works
BOOT SEQUENCE
Microsoft Press Interactive Training
PMSet
IDENTIFYING THE DRIVES
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Drive Designators
P O I N T
Resetting to Default Values
Entering the Setup Utility
BIOS Guide
YOUR SAVE-TO-DISK FILE ALLOCATION
5. Select 6. Safe mode command prompt only, then press Enter
5. Select 6. Safe mode command prompt only, then press Enter
C A U T I O N
7. Type PHDISK /DELETE /FILE
Headphones Telephone Lines Mouse, Keyboard, or Keypad
Lithium ion Battery PC Cards Parallel Port Devices
External Monitor Theft Prevention Lock Memory Upgrade Module
S e c t i o n F o u r
Lithium ion Battery
LITHIUM ION BATTERY
Warm Swapping
USER INSTALLABLE FEATURES
3. Press down on the battery release panel and slide it way from you
Replacing the Battery
C A U T I O N
PC CARDS
Installing PC Cards in Your Notebook
Caring for PC Cards
P O I N T
4. When the PC Card is fully inserted, the eject button will pop out
To install a PC Card
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
SERIAL PORT DEVICES
PARALLEL PORT DEVICES
USB DEVICES
MICROPHONE
STEREO LINE IN DEVICE
HEADPHONES
TELEPHONE LINES
MOUSE, KEYBOARD OR KEYPAD
To Install a Memory Upgrade Module
MEMORY UPGRADE MODULE
THEFT PREVENTION LOCK
C A U T I O N
C A U T I O N
6. Flip the keyboard away from you, and set it down on the screen
To Replace the original system memory
To Remove a Memory Upgrade Module
Checking the Computer Recognition of New Memory Capacity
C A U T I O N
Slot
Displayed
S e c t i o n F o u r
Identifying the Problem Specific Problems Power On Self Test Messages
T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g
Emergency CD-ROM Tray Release Modem Setup and Commands
Recovery CD-ROM
TROUBLESHOOTING
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM
SECTION FIVE
P O I N T
Using PC-Doctor
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
User Problem Guides
DVD/CD-ROM Drive Problems
Problem Audio Problems
Possible Cause
Notebook fails to recognize DVD/CD-ROM continued
You cannot access your floppy disk
on pages
You can not access your hard drive continued
2. Your system has crashed
1. The device is not properly installed
See Parallel Port Devices, Serial Port Devices or USB Devices on page
C A U T I O N
Possible Solution
Problem PC Card Problems
Possible Cause
You turn on your notebook and
You turn on your notebook and nothing seems to happen continued
See Figures 3-1 and 3-2 on pages
battery. See Figures 3-1 and 3-2 on
See Figures 3-1 and 3-2 on pages 20-21. If
You turn on your notebook and nothing
Possible Solution
Problem
Possible Cause
Low Battery Suspend mode. See pages
When the battery is dead there will be a beep
The battery seems to discharge too quickly
See Batteries on page
The Power button does not work
Your notebook appears to change setup parameters when you start it
The built-in display is blank when you turn on your notebook continued
The Built-in Display does not close
See External Monitor on page
4. Your external monitor is not compatible with your notebook
Diskette drive A error or Diskette drive
POWER ON SELF TEST MESSAGES
Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn
Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn
Monitor type does not match CMOS - Run
System battery is dead - Replace and run
EMERGENCY CD-ROM TRAY RELEASE
MODEM SETUP AND COMMANDS
Restoring Your Pre-installed Software from CD-ROM
RECOVERY CD-ROM
P O I N T
P O I N T
1. Insert the Emergency Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive
To Run the Emergency Recovery Program
P O I N T
Look for and open files with the extensions .DOC and .TXT
Device Drivers, Utilities and Read-me Files
P O I N T
P O I N T
S e c t i o n S
Caring for Your Notebook Increasing Battery Life
C a r e a n d M a i n t e n a n c e
Caring for Your Batteries
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
CARING FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK
SECTION SIX
Make a habit of transporting it in a suitable carrying case
CARING FOR YOUR BATTERIES
INCREASING BATTERY LIFE
P O I N T
S e c t i o n S i
Warranty LifeBook C Series General Specifications Pre-configured Models
S p e c i f i c a t i o n s a n d G l o s s a r y
A p p e n d i c e s
Glossary
LIFEBOOK C SERIES GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
WARRANTY
Pre-Installed Software
APPENDICES
One stereo line in jack. See Audio specifications
Input/Output Connections
Displays
External Monitor Support XGA, SVGA, and VGA compatible CRT displays
Power
PRE-CONFIGURED MODELS
Dimensions
Environmental Requirements
Boot
BIOS
Command
GLOSSARY
Configuration
Default Value
Data
DIMM
Floppy Disk
Extended Memory
Hard drive
Hexadecimal
MIDI
Memory
Modem
Monaural
Pixel
Reset
POST
Program
SRAM
Status Indicator
Stereo audio
Stroke keyboard
I n d e
AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 AC Adapter Indicator
I n d e
Hardware Security Passwords
Index
LifeBook Application Panel
Troubleshooting
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