P Series.book Page 57 Monday, October 9, 2006 10:58 AM
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The display goes blank by | The notebook has gone into | Press a button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to | |
itself after you have been | Video Timeout, Standby Mode, | restore operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/ | |
using it. | or Hibernate Mode because you | Resume button. Check your power management | |
(continued) | have not used it for a period of | settings, or close your applications and go to the Power | |
time. | Savings menu of the setup utility to adjust the timeout | ||
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| values to better suit your operation needs. See “BIOS | |
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| Setup Utility” on page 32. | |
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The display does not close. | A foreign object, such as a paper | Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard. | |
| clip, is stuck between the display |
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The display has bright or | If the spots are very tiny and few | This is normal; do nothing. | |
dark spots. | in number, this is normal for a |
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| large LCD display. |
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| If the spots are numerous or | The display needs technical diagnosis; contact your | |
| large enough to interfere with | support representative. | |
| your operation needs. |
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The application display uses | You are running an application | When compensation is disabled, a clearer but smaller | |
only a portion of your screen | that does not support the lower | display for applications that use lower than the system | |
and is surrounded by a dark | pixel resolution and display | resolution will result. You can fill the screen but have | |
frame. | compression is enabled. | less resolution by changing your compensation setting. | |
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| (See the Video Features submenu, located within the | |
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| Advanced menu of the BIOS. See “BIOS Setup Utility” | |
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You have connected an | Your BIOS setup is not set to | Try toggling the video destination by pressing [Fn] and | |
external monitor and it does | enable your external monitor. | [F10] together, or check your BIOS setup and enable | |
not display any information. |
| your external monitor. (See the Video Features | |
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| submenu, located within the Advanced Menu of the | |
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| BIOS. See “BIOS Setup Utility” on page 32. | |
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| Your external monitor is not | Reinstall your device. See “External Video Port” on | |
| properly installed. | page 48. | |
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| Your operating system software | Check your device and operating system | |
| is not set up with the correct | documentation and activate the proper driver. | |
| software driver for |
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| that device. |
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You have connected an | Your external monitor may not | See your monitor documentation and the External | |
external monitor and it does | be compatible with your system. | Monitor Support portions of the Specifications section. | |
not come on. |
| See “Specifications” on page 71. | |
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Miscellaneous Problems |
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An error message is displayed | Application software often has | See your application manual and help displays screens | |
on the screen during the | its own set of error message | for more information. Not all messages are errors some | |
operation of an application. | displays. | may simply be status. | |
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Can’t change screen | Incorrect system resolution. | This LifeBook uses a lower resolution than that | |
orientation using Tablet and |
| required by this feature. To rotate the screen, use the | |
Pen Settings. |
| Rotation button. | |
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