Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your LifeBook notebook

You are operating on

Install a power adapter and then push the Power/Sus-

turns off all by itself.

battery power and

pend/Resume button. See “Power Sources” on page 37.

(continued)

ignored a low battery

 

 

alarm until the battery is

 

 

at the dead battery

 

 

state and the system

 

 

has gone into Dead Bat-

 

 

tery Suspend mode.

 

 

 

 

 

You have a battery fail-

Verify the condition of the batteries using the Status Indicator

 

ure.

panel, and replace or remove any batteries that are shorted. See

 

 

“Status Indicator Panel” on page 22.

 

 

 

 

Your power adapter has

Make sure the adapter is plugged in and the outlet has power.

 

failed or lost power.

 

 

 

 

Your LifeBook notebook will

The installed battery is

Replace the battery with a charged one or install a power adapter.

not work on battery alone.

dead.

 

 

 

 

 

No batteriy is installed.

Install a charged battery.

 

 

 

 

The batteries are

Verify that the batteries are properly connected by re-installing

 

improperly installed.

them.

 

 

 

 

Your installed batteries

Verify the condition of the batteries using the Status Indicator

 

are faulty.

panel and replace or remove any batteries that are shorted. See

 

 

“Status Indicator Panel” on page 22.

 

 

 

The batteries seem to

You are running an

Use both the primary battery and an optional second battery

discharge too quickly.

application that uses a

and/or use a power adapter for this application when at all

 

lot of power due to fre-

possible.

 

quent hard drive or opti-

 

 

cal drive access, or use

 

 

of a modem, LAN PC

 

 

card, Wireless LAN, or

 

 

Bluetooth device.

 

 

 

 

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Fujitsu Siemens Computers N6470 manual Pend/Resume button. See Power Sources on