Solving Screen Problems
Problem | Possible Cause | Solution |
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Characters on | The brightness and/or | Press Fn+F10 to adjust |
computer display are | contrast controls are | brightness. |
dim | not properly set. |
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Screen is blank and | A screen blanking | Press any key and/or |
the power/suspend | utility has initiated. | enter your |
light is on |
| password to return your |
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| information to the screen. |
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| Brightness and | Press Fn+F10 to adjust |
| contrast need | brightness. |
| adjusting. |
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| Screen save has | Press any key to return |
| initiated. | your information to the |
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| screen. |
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Screen is blank and | Suspend is initiated. | Exit Suspend by pressing |
the power/suspend |
| the suspend button. |
light is blinking |
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Screen is blank and | Computer entered a | If possible, immediately |
the battery charge | low battery condition. | connect the computer to |
light is blinking |
| an external power |
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| source. If an external |
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| power source is not |
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| available, initiate |
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| Hibernation by pressing |
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| Fn + the power button, or |
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| let the computer |
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| automatically go into |
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| Hibernation. |
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| The computer has not |
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| completed Hibernation |
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| until all lights are off. |
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NOTE: The popup windows used to control brightness display correctly only when you are in an application that supports the popup video mode. If the popups do not display correctly, exit your application and press the hotkeys again to invoke the popup windows.
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