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L i f e B o o k S 7 1 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 only and have ignored a

Suspend/Resume button. (See Power Sources on

 

 

(continued)

low battery alarm until the

page 27 for more information)

 

 

batteries are all at the dead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

battery state and your machine

 

 

 

 

 

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 are

Replace the battery with a charged one or install

 

 

will not work on battery

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

 

 

 

are faulty.

Status 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 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.

 

 

 

media drive 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 or

Replace the batteries.

 

 

 

have been exposed to high

 

 

 

 

 

temperatures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries are too hot

Restore the notebook to normal operating tempera-

 

 

 

or too cold.

ture. The Charging icon on the Status Indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel will flash when the battery is outside its

 

 

 

 

 

 

operating range.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shutdown and Startup Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Suspend/Resume

The Suspend/Resume button

Enable the button from the setup utility.

 

 

button does not work.

is disabled from the Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

submenu of the Power menu

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fujitsu S7100 manual Panel on page 12 for more information, Shutdown and Startup Problems