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| Video Problems |
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| The | Something is pushing on the |
| Clear the Closed Cover switch. (See figure |
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| blank when you turn on | Closed Cover switch. |
| page 6 for location) |
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| your LifeBook notebook. |
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| The notebook is set for an |
| Pressing [F10] while holding down the [FN] key |
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| external monitor only. |
| allows you to change your selection of where to |
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| send your display video. Each time you press the |
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| combination of keys you will step to the next |
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| choice. The choices, in order are: |
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| only, external monitor only, both |
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| and external monitor. |
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| The angle of the display |
| Move the display and the brightness control until |
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| and the brightness settings |
| you have adequate visibility. |
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| are not adequate for your |
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| lighting conditions. |
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| The power management time- |
| Press any button the keyboard, or move the mouse |
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| outs may be set for very short |
| to restore operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/ |
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| intervals and you failed to |
| Resume button. (The display may be shut off by |
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| notice the display come on |
| Standy mode, Auto Suspend or Video Timeout) |
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| and go off again. |
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| The LifeBook notebook | Power On Self Test (POST) |
| Contact your support representative. |
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| turned on with a series of | has detected a failure which |
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| beeps and your | does not allow the display |
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| display is blank. | to operate. |
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| The display goes blank by | The notebook has gone into |
| Press any button on the keyboard, or move the |
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| itself after you have been | Video timeout, Standby mode, |
| mouse to restore operation. If that fails, push the |
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| using it. | Suspend mode or |
| Suspend/Resume button. Check your power |
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| mode because you have not |
| management settings, or close your applications |
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| used it for a period of time. |
| 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. (See BIOS Setup Utility on |
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| page 33 for more information) |
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| Something is pushing on the |
| Check the Closed Cover switch. (See figure |
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| Closed Cover switch. |
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| The power management time- |
| Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse |
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| outs may be set for very short |
| to restore operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/ |
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| intervals and you failed to |
| Resume button. (The display may be shut off by |
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| notice the display come on |
| Standby Mode, Auto Suspend or Video Timeout) |
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| and go off again. |
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| Your system display won’t | The system may be password- |
| Check the status indicator panel to verify that the |
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| turn on when the system is | protected. |
| Security icon is blinking. If it is blinking, enter your |
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| turned on or when the |
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| password. |
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| system has resumed. |
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| The | A foreign object, such as a |
| Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard. |
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| not close. | paper clip, is stuck between the |
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| display and the keyboard. |
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