Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your LifeBook notebook will

No batteries are

Install a charged battery.

not work on battery alone.

installed.

 

(continued)

 

 

The batteries are

Verify that the batteries are properly connected by re-installing

 

 

improperly installed.

them.

 

 

 

 

Your installed batteries

Verify the condition of the batteries using the Status Indicator

 

are faulty.

panel and replace or remove any batteries that are shorted. See

 

 

“Status Indicator Panel” on page 24.

 

 

 

The batteries seem to

You are running an

Use both the primary battery and an optional second battery

discharge too quickly.

application that uses a

and/or use a power adapter for this application when at all

 

lot of power due to fre-

possible.

 

quent hard drive access

 

 

or optical drive access,

 

 

or use of a modem,

 

 

LAN PC card, Wireless

 

 

LAN, or Bluetooth

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

The power savings fea-

Check the Power Options menu settings and adjust according to

 

tures may be disabled.

your operating needs.

 

 

 

 

The brightness is

Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher the brightness

 

turned all the way up.

the more power your display uses.

 

 

 

 

The batteries are very

Replace the batteries.

 

old.

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries have been

Replace the batteries.

 

exposed to high temper-

 

 

atures.

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries are too

Restore the notebook to normal operating temperature. Charging

 

hot or too cold.

icon on the Status Indicator panel will flash when battery is out-

 

 

side of operating range.

 

 

 

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