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L i f e B o o k A 3 0 0 0 S e r i e s N o t e b o o k - S e c t i o n F i v e
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  | The batteries seem to  | You are running an application  | Use both the primary battery and an optional  | |||
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  | discharge too quickly.  | that uses a lot of power due to  | second battery and/or use a power adapter for this  | |||
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  | frequent hard drive access or  | application when at all possible.  | |||
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  | The power savings features  | Check the power management and/or setup utility  | |||
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  | may be disabled.  | settings in the Power Savings menu and adjust  | |||
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  | according to your operating needs.  | |
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  | The brightness is turned all the  | Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher  | |||
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  | way up.  | the brightness the more power your display uses.  | |||
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  | The batteries are very old.  | Replace the batteries.  | |||
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  | The batteries have been  | Replace the batteries.  | |||
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  | The batteries are too hot or too  | Restore the notebook to normal operating tempera-  | |||
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  | cold.  | ture. Charging icon on the Status Indicator panel  | |||
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  | will flash when battery is outside of operating range.  | |
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  | The Power/Suspend/  | Power/Suspend/Resume  | Enable the button from the setup utility.  | |||
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  | You did not hold the button  | Hold the button longer. This may need to be a few  | |||
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  | in long enough.  | seconds if your application is preventing the CPU  | |||
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  | from checking for button pushes.  | |
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  | There may be a conflict with  | Close all applications and try the button again.  | |||
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  | The system powers up and  | The boot sequence settings of  | Set the operating source by pressing the [ESC] key  | |||
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  | displays power on informa-  | the setup utility are not  | while the Fujitsu logo is on screen or use the [F2]  | |||
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  | tion, but fails to load the  | compatible with your  | key and enter the setup utility and adjust the source  | |||
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  | operating system.  | configuration.  | settings from the Boot menu. (See BIOS Setup  | |||
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  | Utility on page 25 for more information) | |
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  | You have a secured system  | Make sure you have the right password. Enter the  | |||
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  | requiring a password to load  | setup utility and verify the Security settings and  | |||
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  | your operating system.  | modify them as accordingly. (See BIOS Setup Utility  | |||
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  | on page 25 for more information) | |
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  | Internal hard drive was not  | Use the BIOS setup utility or Primary Master  | |||
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  | detected.  | submenu, located within the Main menu, to try to  | |||
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  | auto detect the internal hard drive.  | |
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  | An error message is  | Power On Self Test (POST) has  | See the Power On Self Test (POST) messages to  | |||
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  | displayed on the screen  | detected a problem.  | determine the meaning and severity of the problem.  | |||
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  | during the notebook  | 
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  | (boot) sequence.  | 
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  | Your notebook appears to  | BIOS setup changes were not  | Make sure you select Save Changes And Exit when  | |||
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  | change setup parameters  | saved when you made them  | exiting the BIOS setup utility.  | |||
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  | when you start it.  | and exited the setup utility  | 
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  | returning it to earlier settings.  | 
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