HP 500 manual Troubleshooting and Diagnostics HP Omnibook

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Suggestions

Likely Causes

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Power/Battery

 

 

 

Short battery

Turn down the display

Battery.

Battery capacity often

operating time.

brightness.

Motherboard.

decreases after a year or

 

Check power management

 

more.

 

settings in BIOS Setup. Try

 

 

 

the default settings.

 

 

 

Restart the computer, press

 

 

 

F6 when the HP logo

 

 

 

appears, and follow the

 

 

 

instructions that appear

 

 

 

onscreen. This process

 

 

 

calibrates the main battery

 

 

 

and any secondary battery in

 

 

 

the expansion base’s left

 

 

 

module bay, and requires

 

 

 

four to five hours per battery.

 

 

 

You cannot use the computer

 

 

 

during this process.

 

 

 

Some applications can use

 

 

 

excess power. (Users can

 

 

 

get the Intel Power Monitor

 

 

 

from www.intel.com and

 

 

 

monitor CPU load.)

 

 

 

PCMCIA cards can affect

 

 

 

battery life. Some cards draw

 

 

 

power even while not in use.

 

 

 

Heavy modem use can affect

 

 

 

battery operating time.

 

 

Turns off

Battery may be extremely

Battery.

 

immediately after

low. Plug in the AC adapter,

 

 

turning on.

insert a charged battery (if

 

 

 

undocked), or plug in a

 

 

 

secondary battery (if

 

 

 

docked).

 

 

Does not run on

Check the battery and

Battery or contacts.

 

battery; empty

contacts. If one is available,

Motherboard.

 

battery indication.

try another battery.

 

 

Beeps repeatedly.

The computer beeps

Battery.

 

 

repeatedly when the battery

 

 

 

is low. Save your work

 

 

 

immediately, shut down

 

 

 

Windows, and insert a

 

 

 

charged battery or plug in the

 

 

 

AC adapter.

 

 

Computer stops

Disable device settings that

Backup battery.

 

while swapping

use extra power during

 

 

main battery in

Standby (for example, turn

 

 

Standby mode.

off Windows 2000 Wake On

 

 

 

LAN option).

 

 

 

Shut down or plug in AC

 

 

 

adapter before swapping.

 

 

 

Plug in AC adapter and allow

 

 

 

to stand overnight to

 

 

 

recharge backup battery.

 

 

 

Unplug any USB devices.

 

 

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HP Omnibook 500

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HP 500 manual Troubleshooting and Diagnostics HP Omnibook

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