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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 Power/Suspend/Resume button.  | 
using it.  | Standby mode, or Save-  | Check your power management settings, or close your applica-  | 
  | tions and go to the Power Savings menu of the setup utility to  | |
  | you have not used it for  | adjust the timeout values to better suit your operation needs. See  | 
  | a period of time.  | “BIOS Setup Utility” on page 44. | 
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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 Power/Suspend/Resume button.  | 
  | set for very short inter-  | (The display may be shut off by Standby Mode, Auto Suspend or  | 
  | vals and you failed to  | Video Timeout)  | 
  | 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   | Foreign object (like a  | Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard.  | 
not close.  | paper clip) is stuck  | 
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  | between the display and  | 
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  | keyboard.  | 
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The   | If the spots are very tiny  | This is normal; do nothing.  | 
bright or dark spots.  | and few in number, this  | 
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  | is normal for a large  | 
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  | 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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