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| Your notebook appears to | The BIOS CMOS |
| Contact your support representative for repairs. |
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| change setup parameters | battery has failed. |
| This is not a user serviceable part but has a normal |
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| life of 3 to 5 years. |
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| Video Problems |
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| The | Something is pushing on the |
| Clear the Closed Cover switch. (See figure |
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| when you turn on your | Closed Cover switch. |
| page 6 for location) |
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| The notebook is set for an |
| Pressing [F10] while holding down the [Fn] key |
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| external monitor only. |
| allows you to change your selection of where to send |
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| your display video. Each time you press the keys you |
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| will step to the next choice. The choices, in order, |
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| panel and external monitor or external monitor |
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| The display angle and bright- |
| Move the display and the brightness control until |
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| you have adequate visibility. |
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| for your lighting conditions. |
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| The power management time- |
| Press any button the keyboard, or move the mouse |
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| to restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/ |
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| Suspend/Resume button. (The display may be shut |
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| off by Sleep mode, Auto Suspend or Video Timeout) |
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| and go off again. |
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| The notebook turned on | Power On Self Test (POST) has |
| Contact your support representative. |
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| with a series of beeps and | detected a failure that does not |
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| your display is blank. | allow the display to operate. |
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| The display goes blank by | The notebook has gone into |
| Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse |
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| itself after you have been | Video timeout, Sleep mode, or |
| to restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/ |
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| using it. | Hibernate mode because you |
| Suspend/Resume button. Check your power manage- |
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| have not used it for a period of |
| ment settings, or close your applications and go to the |
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| time. |
| Power Options control panel. |
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| The power management time- |
| Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse |
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| outs may be set for very short |
| to restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/ |
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| Suspend/Resume button. (The display may be shut |
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| notice the display come on |
| off by Sleep Mode, Auto Suspend or Video |
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| and go off again. |
| Timeout). |
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| The display does not close. | A foreign object, such as a |
| Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard. |
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| paper clip, is stuck between the |
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| display and the keyboard. |
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| The display has bright or | If the spots are very tiny and |
| This is normal; do nothing. |
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| dark spots. | few in number, this is normal |
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| for a large LCD display. |
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| If the spots are numerous or |
| Display is faulty; contact your support representative. |
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| large enough to interfere with |
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| your operation needs. |
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| The display is dark when on | The Power Management utility |
| Press [Fn] + [F7] to increase brightness or right- |
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| battery power. | default is set on low brightness |
| click on the battery gauge and adjust the Power |
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| to conserve power. |
| Options. |
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