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The notebook turned on | Power On Self Test has | Contact your support representative. |
with a series of beeps and | detected a failure which |
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the | does not allow the dis- |
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The display goes blank by | The notebook has gone | Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore |
itself after you have been | into Video timeout, | operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/Resume button. Check |
using it. | Sleep mode, or Save- | your power management settings, or close your applications and |
| go to the Power Savings menu of the setup utility to adjust the tim- | |
| you have not used it for | eout values to better suit your operation needs. |
| a period of time. |
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| The power manage- | Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore |
| ment timeouts may be | operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/Resume button. (The dis- |
| set for very short inter- | play may be shut off by Sleep Mode, Auto Suspend or Video Tim- |
| vals and you failed to | eout) |
| notice the display come |
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| on and go off again. |
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Your display won’t turn on | The system may be | Check the status indicator panel to verify that the Security icon is |
when the system is turned | blinking. If it is blinking, enter your password. | |
on or when it has resumed. |
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The | A small foreign object, | Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard. |
not close. | such as a paper clip, is |
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| stuck between the dis- |
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| play and keyboard. |
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The display has bright or | If the spots are tiny and | This is normal; do nothing. |
dark spots. | few, this is normal for a |
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| large LCD display. |
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| If the spots are numer- | Display is faulty; contact your support representative. |
| ous or large enough to |
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| interfere with your oper- |
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| ation needs. |
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