Fujitsu Siemens Computers A3120 manual Video Problems, for location

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			T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g
Problem	Possible Cause		Possible Solutions
Your notebook appears to	The BIOS CMOS hold-up	Contact your support representative for repairs.
change setup parameters	battery has failed.	This is not a user serviceable part but has a normal
when you start it.		life of 3 to 5 years.
(continued)
Video Problems
The built-in display is blank	Something is pushing on the	Clear the Closed Cover switch. (See figure 2-3 on
when you turn on your	Closed Cover switch.	page 6 for location)
LifeBook notebook.
	The notebook is set for an	Pressing [F10] while holding down the [Fn] key
	external monitor only.	allows you to change your selection of where to send
		your display video. Each time you press the keys you
		will step to the next choice. The choices, in order,
		are: built-in display panel only, both built-in display
		panel and external monitor or external monitor
		only.
	The display angle and bright-	Move the display and the brightness control until
	ness settings are not adequate	you have adequate visibility.
	for your lighting conditions.
	The power management time-	Press any button the keyboard, or move the mouse
	outs may be set for very short	to restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/
	intervals and you failed to	Suspend/Resume button. (The display may be shut
	notice the display come on	off by Standby mode, Auto Suspend or Video
	and go off again.	Timeout)
The notebook turned on	Power On Self Test (POST) has	Contact your support representative.
with a series of beeps and	detected a failure that does not
your display is blank.	allow the display to operate.
The display goes blank by	The notebook has gone into	Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse
itself after you have been	Video timeout, Standby mode,	to restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/
using it.	or Hibernate mode because	Suspend/Resume button. Check your power manage-
	you have not used it for a	ment settings, or close your applications and go to the
	period of time.	Power Savings menu of the setup utility to adjust the
		timeout values to better suit your operation needs.
		(See BIOS Setup Utility on page 25 for more informa-
		tion)
	The power management time-	Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse
	outs may be set for very short	to restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/
	intervals and you failed to	Suspend/Resume button. (The display may be shut
	notice the display come on	off by Standby Mode, Auto Suspend or Video
	and go off again.	Timeout)
The display does not close.	A foreign object, such as a	Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard.
	paper clip, is stuck between the
	display and the keyboard.
The display has bright or	If the spots are very tiny and	This is normal; do nothing.
dark spots.	few in number, this is normal
	for a large LCD display.
	If the spots are numerous or	Display is faulty; contact your support representative.
	large enough to interfere with
	your operation needs.
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