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The application display  | You are running an application  | Display compression gives a clearer but smaller  | 
uses only a portion of your  | that does not support 1024 x  | display for applications that do not support 1024 x  | 
screen and is surrounded  | 768 pixel resolution display  | 768 pixel resolution. You can fill the screen but have  | 
by a dark frame.  | and display compression is  | less resolution by changing your display compres-  | 
  | enabled.  | sion setting, (See the Video Features submenu,  | 
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  | located within the Advanced menu of the BIOS. (See  | 
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The Display is dark when  | The Power Management utility  | Press [Fn] + [F7] to increase brightness or double-  | 
on battery power.  | default is set on low brightness  | click on the battery gauge and adjust Power Control  | 
  | to conserve power.  | under battery settings.  | 
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You have connected an  | Your BIOS setup is not set to  | Toggle the video destination by pressing [Fn]+ [F10]  | 
external monitor and it  | enable your external monitor.  | together, or check your BIOS setup and enable your  | 
does not display any  | 
  | external monitor. (See the Video Features submenu,  | 
information.  | 
  | located within the Advanced Menu of the BIOS. (See  | 
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  | BIOS Setup Utility on page 25 for more information) | 
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  | Your external monitor is not  | Reinstall your device. (See External Video Port on  | 
  | properly installed.  | page 43 for more information) | 
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  | Your operating system soft-  | Check your device and operating system  | 
  | ware is not setup with the  | documentation and activate the proper driver.  | 
  | correct software driver for  | 
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You have connected an  | Your external monitor is not  | See your monitor documentation and the  | 
external monitor and it  | compatible with your LifeBook  | External Monitor Support portions of the  | 
does not come on.  | notebook.  | Specifications section. (See Specifications on page 69  | 
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Miscellaneous Problems | 
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An error message is  | Application software often has  | See your application manual and help displays  | 
displayed on the screen  | its own set of error message  | screens for more information. Not all messages are  | 
during the operation of  | displays.  | errors some may simply be status.  | 
an application.  | 
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