11-8Troubleshooting Guide

Display

 

Symptom

 

Problem

 

Solution

 

 

Screen is blank.

 

Screen saver is enabled.

 

Press the spacebar or click the

 

 

 

 

 

TouchPad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet PC is in Sleep mode.

 

Press the spacebar to wake your

 

 

 

This is identified when the Power

 

Internet PC.

 

 

 

light is flashing (on some models

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Sleep n icon is lit instead of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the flashing Power light).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The external monitor display is

 

Press the Fn+F3 keys to switch

 

 

 

selected.

 

between the LCD display, external

 

 

 

 

 

monitor, TV Out (available on select

 

 

 

 

 

models), or simultaneous display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display is too faint.

 

Brightness and contrast controls,

 

Turn up the brightness or contrast

 

 

 

functional on HPA displays only,

 

controls on your display. Note that

 

 

 

are not set properly.

 

contrast controls are functional only

 

 

 

 

 

with HPA displays. Refer to Using Your

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile Internet PC for details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display only fills part

 

Your resolution settings are not

 

1. On the Taskbar, click the Start

 

of the screen.

 

set properly.

 

button and point to Settings.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Click Control Panel.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Double-click Display.

 

 

 

 

 

4. Click the Settings tab.

 

 

 

 

 

5. In the Screen area, click the

 

 

 

 

 

resolution slider and drag it to the

 

 

 

 

 

desired resolution.

 

 

 

 

 

6. Click OK to accept the new

 

 

 

 

 

settings, then close the Control

 

 

 

 

 

Panel window.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garbled characters

 

The external monitor’s resolution

 

Restart your Internet PC and reset the

 

display or the

 

is set too high for your Internet

 

Display settings for a lower resolution.

 

display flashes when

 

PC.

 

Refer to the solution for “Display only

 

the computer is

 

 

 

fills part of the screen” for more details.

 

connected to an

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

external monitor.