Fujitsu Laptop manual Modem Problems, Parallel, Serial, and USB Device Problems, PC Card Problems

L i f e B o o k B S e r i e s – S e c t i o n F i v e

Problem	Possible Cause	Possible Solutions
Modem Problems
Messages about modem	Messages about modem	See your application software documentation for
operation.	operation are generated	additional information.
	by whichever modem
	application is in use.
Parallel, Serial, and USB Device Problems
You have installed a parallel	The device is not	Remove and re-install the device. See “Device Ports”
port device, a serial port	properly installed.	on page 46.
device or a USB device.
	The device may have been	Close the application and restart your LifeBook.
Your LifeBook does not
	installed while an application
recognize the device, or the
	was running, so your LifeBook
device does not seem to
	is not aware of its installation.
work properly.
	Your software may not	See your software documentation and activate the
	have the correct software	correct driver.
	driver active.
	You may have the wrong	See your device documentation and software docu-
	I/O address selected for	mentation to determine the required I/O address.
	your device.	Change the settings in the BIOS setup utility. See
		“BIOS Setup Utility” on page 29.
	Your device and another	Check all I/O addresses located within the BIOS
	device are assigned the same	setup utility and any other installed hardware or
	I/O address.	software to make sure there are no duplications.
	Parallel port is set to	Check parallel port setting in the BIOS and set to
	output only.	bi-directional or ECP.
PC Card Problems
A card inserted in the PC	The card is not	Remove and re-install the card. See “PC Cards” on
Card slot does not work or	properly installed.	page 40.
is locking up the system.
	The card may have been	Close the application and restart your LifeBook.
	installed while an application
	was running, so your LifeBook
	is not aware of its installation.
	Your software may not	See your software documentation and activate the
	have the correct software	correct driver.
	driver active.
	You may have the wrong	See your PC Card documentation to determine
	I/O address selected for your	the required I/O address. Change the settings in
	PC Card device.	the BIOS. See “BIOS Setup Utility” on page 29.
	Your PC Card device and	Check all I/O addresses located within the BIOS
	another device are assigned the	setup utility and any other installed hardware or
	same I/O address.	software to make sure there are no duplications.

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