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L i f e B o o k E 8 0 0 0 N o t e b o o k

Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your LifeBook notebook

You are operating on battery

Install a power adapter and then push the Power/

turns off all by itself.

power and ignored a low batt-

Suspend/Resume button. (See Power Sources on

(continued)

ery alarm until the batteries are

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at the dead battery state and

 

 

 

 

the system has gone into Dead

 

 

Battery Suspend mode.

 

 

 

 

 

You have a battery failure.

Verify the condition of the batteries using the

 

 

Status Indicator panel, and replace or remove

 

 

any batteries that are shorted. (See Status Indicator

 

 

Panel on page 12 for more information)

 

 

 

 

Your power adapter has failed

Make sure the adapter is plugged in and the outlet

 

or lost its power source.

has power.

 

 

 

Your LifeBook notebook

The installed batteries

Replace the battery with a charged one or install

will not work on battery

are dead.

a power adapter.

alone.

 

 

No batteries are installed.

Install a charged battery.

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries are improperly

Verify that the batteries are properly connected

 

installed.

by re-installing them.

 

 

 

 

Your installed batteries

Verify the condition of the batteries using the Status

 

are faulty.

Indicator panel and replace or remove any batteries

 

 

that are shorted. (See Status Indicator Panel on

 

 

page 12 for more information)

 

 

 

The batteries seem to

You are running an application

Use both the primary battery and an optional

discharge too quickly.

that uses a lot of power due to

second battery and/or use a power adapter for this

 

frequent hard drive access or

application when at all possible.

 

optical drive access, or use of a

 

 

modem, LAN PC card, Wire-

 

 

less LAN, or Bluetooth device.

 

 

 

 

 

The power savings features

Check the Power Options menu settings and adjust

 

may be disabled.

according to your operating needs.

 

 

 

 

The brightness is turned all

Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher

 

the way up.

the brightness the more power your display uses.

 

 

 

 

The batteries are very old.

Replace the batteries.

 

 

 

 

The batteries have been

Replace the batteries.

 

exposed to high temperatures.

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries are too hot

Restore the notebook to normal operating tempera-

 

or too cold.

ture. Charging icon on the Status Indicator panel

 

 

will flash when battery is outside of operating range.

 

 

 

Shutdown and Startup Problems

 

 

 

 

The Suspend/Resume

Suspend/Resume button is

In Windows XP, enable the button by going to the

button does not work.

disabled.

Control Panel -> Power Options Properties and

 

 

clicking on the Advanced tab. In the Power buttons

 

 

area, select the option that best suits your needs. In

 

 

Windows Vista, select the Change what the power

 

 

button does” option.

 

 

 

 

There may be a conflict with

Close all applications and try the button again.

 

the software.

 

 

 

 

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