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The batteries seem to | The power savings features may |
| Check the power management and/or setup utility |
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discharge too quickly. | be disabled. |
| settings in the Power Savings menu and adjust |
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| according to your operating needs. |
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| The brightness is turned all |
| Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher |
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| the brightness the more power your display uses. |
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| The batteries are very old. |
| Replace the batteries. |
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| The batteries have been exposed |
| Replace the batteries. |
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| to high temperatures. |
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| The batteries are too hot or too |
| Restore the LifeBook to normal operating tempera- |
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| cold. |
| ture. The Charging icon on the indicator panel will |
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| flash when the battery is outside operating range. |
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Shutdown and Startup Problems |
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The Suspend/Resume | The Suspend/Resume button is |
| Enable the button from the setup utility. |
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button does not work. | disabled from the Advanced |
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| submenu of the Power menu of |
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| the setup utility. |
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| You did not hold the button in |
| Hold the button longer. This may need to be a few |
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| seconds if your application is preventing the CPU |
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| There may be a conflict with the |
| Close all applications and try the button again. |
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The system powers up, | The boot sequence settings of the |
| Set the operating source by pressing the [ESC] key |
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and displays power on | setup utility are not compatible |
| while the Fujitsu logo is on screen or use the [F2] |
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information, but fails to | with your configuration. |
| key and enter the setup utility and adjust the source |
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load the operating |
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| settings from the Boot menu. (See BIOS Setup |
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| Utility on page 27 for more information) |
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| You have a secured system |
| Make sure you have the right password. Enter the |
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| requiring a password to load your |
| setup utility and verify the Security settings and |
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| operating system. |
| modify them as accordingly. (See BIOS Setup Utility |
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| on page 27 for more information) |
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| Internal hard drive was not |
| Use the BIOS setup utility or Primary Master |
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| detected. |
| submenu, located within the Main menu, to try to |
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| auto detect the internal hard drive. |
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An error message is | Power On Self Test (POST) has |
| See Power On Self Test (POST) messages to deter- |
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displayed during the | detected a problem. |
| mine the meaning of the problem. Not all messages |
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| are errors; some are status indicators. (See Power On |
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(boot) sequence. |
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| Self Test Messages on page 80 for more information) |
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Your LifeBook note- | BIOS setup changes were not |
| Make sure you select Save Changes And Exit when |
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book appears to change | saved when you made them and |
| exiting the BIOS setup utility. |
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setup parameters when | exited the BIOS setup utility |
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you start it. | returning it to previous settings. |
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| The BIOS CMOS |
| Contact your support representative for repairs. |
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| has failed. |
| This is not a user serviceable part but has a normal |
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| life of 3 to 5 years. |
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