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Problem

Possible Cause

 

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The batteries seem to

You are running an application

Use both the primary battery and an optional

 

 

discharge too quickly.

that uses a lot of power due to

second battery and/or use a power adapter for this

 

 

 

frequent hard drive access or

application when at all possible.

 

 

 

DVD/CD-ROM access, 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 the

Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher

 

 

 

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 or too

Restore the notebook to normal operating tempera-

 

 

 

cold.

ture. Charging icon on the Status Indicator panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

will flash when battery is outside of operating range.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shutdown and Startup Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Power/Suspend/

Power/Suspend/Resume

Enable the button from the setup utility.

 

 

Resume button does not

button is disabled from the

 

 

 

 

work.

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 on page 25 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 as accordingly. (See BIOS Setup Utility

 

 

 

 

 

 

on page 25 for more information)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal hard drive was not

Use the BIOS setup utility or Primary Master

 

 

 

detected.

submenu, located within the Main menu, to try to

 

 

 

 

 

 

auto detect the internal hard drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An error message is

Power On Self Test (POST) has

See the Power On Self Test (POST) messages to

 

 

displayed on the screen

detected a problem.

determine the meaning and severity of the problem.

 

 

during the notebook

 

 

 

Not all messages are errors; some are simply status

 

 

(boot) sequence.

 

 

 

indicators. (See Power On Self Test Messages on

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 55 for more information)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your notebook appears to

BIOS setup changes were not

Make sure you select Save Changes And Exit when

 

 

change setup parameters

saved when you made them

exiting the BIOS setup utility.

 

 

when you start it.

and exited the setup utility

 

 

 

 

 

returning it to earlier settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fujitsu Siemens Computers A3120 manual Shutdown and Startup Problems, Utility on page 25 for more information