L i f e B o o k N 6 4 0 0 S e r i e s U s e r ’ s G u i d e

Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your LifeBook notebook

Your installed batteries

Verify the condition of the batteries using the Status

will not work on battery

are faulty.

Indicator panel and replace or remove any batteries

alone.

 

that are shorted. (See Status Indicator Panel page 15

 

 

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 great deal of power

second battery and/or use a power adapter for this

 

due to frequent hard drive or

application when at all possible.

 

DVD/CD-ROM access, or use

 

 

of a modem or LAN PC card.

 

 

 

 

 

The power savings features

Check the power management and/or setup utility

 

may be disabled.

settings in the Power Savings menu and adjust

 

 

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. The Status Indicator panel Charging icon will

 

 

flash when the battery is out of operating range.

 

 

 

Shutdown and Startup Problems

 

 

 

 

The Power and Suspend/

The Power and Suspend/

Enable the button from the setup utility.

Resume button does not

Resume button is disabled

 

work.

from the Power -> Advanced

 

 

submenu of the setup utility.

 

 

 

 

 

You did not hold the button

Hold the button longer. This may need to be a few

 

in long enough.

seconds if your application is preventing the CPU

 

 

from checking for button pushes.

 

 

 

 

There may be a conflict with

Close all applications and try the button again.

 

the application software.

 

 

 

 

The system powers up and

The boot sequence settings of

Set the operating source by pressing the [ESC] key

displays power-on informa-

the setup utility are not

while the Fujitsu logo is on screen or use the [F2]

tion, but fails to load the

compatible with your

key and enter the setup utility and adjust the source

operating system.

configuration.

settings from the Boot menu. (See BIOS Setup

 

 

Utility page 27 for more information)

 

 

 

 

You have a secured system

Make sure you have the right password. Enter the

 

requiring a password to load

setup utility and verify the Security settings and

 

your operating system.

modify them accordingly. (See BIOS Setup Utility

 

 

page 27 for more information)

 

 

 

 

Internal hard drive was

Use the BIOS setup utility or Primary Master

 

not detected.

submenu, located within the Main menu, to try to

 

 

auto detect the internal hard drive.

 

 

 

Your system display won’t

The system may be password-

Check the status indicator panel to verify that the

turn on when the system is

protected.

Security icon is blinking. If it is blinking, enter your

turned on or when the

 

password.

system has resumed.

 

 

 

 

 

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Fujitsu N6460 manual Shutdown and Startup Problems, Utility page 27 for more information