Fujitsu Siemens Computers A6020 manual Shutdown and Startup Problems

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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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