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| Your LifeBook notebook | The power management |
| Press any button on the keyboard, or move the |
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| turns off all by itself. | parameters are set for auto |
| mouse to restore operation. If that fails, push the |
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| timeouts which are too short |
| Suspend/Resume button. Check your power |
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| for your operating needs. |
| management settings, or close your applications |
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| 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. |
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| You are operating on battery |
| Install a power adapter and then push the Suspend/ |
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| power only and have ignored a |
| Resume button. (See Power Sources on page 31 for |
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| low battery alarm until the |
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| batteries are all at the dead |
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| battery state and your machine |
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| has gone into Dead Battery |
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| Suspend mode. |
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| You have a battery failure. |
| Verify the condition of the batteries using the |
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| Status Indicator panel, and replace or remove |
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| any batteries that are shorted. (See Status Indicator |
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| Panel on page 13 for more information) |
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| Your power adapter has failed |
| Make sure the adapter is plugged in and the outlet |
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| or lost its power source. |
| has power. |
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| Your LifeBook notebook | The installed batteries |
| Replace the battery with a charged one or install |
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| will not work on battery | are dead. |
| a Power adapter. |
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| alone. |
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| No batteries are installed. |
| Install a charged battery. |
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| The batteries are |
| Verify that the batteries are properly connected |
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| improperly installed. |
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| Your installed batteries |
| Verify the condition of the batteries using the |
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| are faulty. |
| Status Indicator panel and replace or remove |
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| any batteries that are shorted. (See Status Indicator |
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| The batteries seem to | You are running an application |
| Use both the primary battery and an optional |
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| discharge too quickly. | that uses a great deal of power |
| second battery and/or use a power adapter for this |
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| due to frequent hard drive |
| application when at all possible. |
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| access or |
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| access, use of a modem card |
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| or a LAN PC card. |
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| The power savings features |
| Check the power management and/or setup utility |
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| may 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 way up. |
| 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 |
| Replace the batteries. |
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| exposed to high temperatures. |
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| The batteries are too hot |
| Restore the notebook to normal operating tempera- |
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| or too cold. |
| ture. The Charging icon on the Status Indicator |
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| panel will flash when the battery is outside its |
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| operating range. |
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