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The battery seems to | You are running a pro- | Use a power adapter for this application when at all possible. |
discharge too quickly. | gram that uses a lot of |
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| power due to frequent |
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| hard drive or optical |
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| drive access, or use of a |
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| modem, or LAN PC |
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| The power savings fea- | Check the Power Options menu settings and adjust according to |
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| The brightness is | Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher the brightness |
| turned all the way up. | the more power your display uses. |
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| The battery is old. | Replace the battery. |
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| The battery has been | Replace the battery. |
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| atures. |
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| The battery is too hot or | Restore the notebook to normal operating temperature. Charging |
| too cold. | icon on the Status Indicator panel will flash when battery is out- |
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| side of operating range. |
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Shutdown and Startup Problems |
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The Suspend/Resume | Suspend/Resume | In the Control Panel under Power Options, select the “Choose |
button does not work. | button is disabled. | what the power button does” option and make your choices. |
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| There may be applica- | Close all applications and try the button again. |
| tion software. conflict |
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System powers up and dis- | The boot sequence set- | Set the operating source by pressing the [ESC] key while the |
plays power on informa- | tings of the setup utility | Fujitsu logo is on screen or use the [F2] key and enter the setup |
tion, but fails to load the | are not compatible with | utility and adjust the source settings from the Boot menu. See |
operating system. | your configuration. | “BIOS Setup Utility” on page 52. |
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