Fujitsu Siemens Computers A6025 Shutdown and Startup Problems, On page 23 for more information

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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 Power Options control
Resume button does not	button is disabled from the	panel.
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 [Enter] key
displays power on informa-	the setup utility are not	or the left mouse button when the Fujitsu logo
tion, but fails to load the	compatible with your	appears. The TrustedCore Menu will appear. Select
operating system.	configuration.	BIOS Setup from the TrustedCore Menu.
	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 23 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 53 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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