Panasonic CF-51 appendix Troubleshooting Basic, Starting Up, Display

Troubleshooting (Basic)

Troubleshooting Useful Information Getting Started

Appendix

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Starting Up

[Enter Password] does not

z To display [Enter Password] at resuming, set the Windows password. The password

appear when resuming from

you have set in the Setup Utility is not requested at resuming.

standby/hibernation.

A Click [start] - [Control Panel] - [User Accounts] and select the account, and set

the password.

B Click [start] - [Control Panel] - [Performance and Maintenance] - [Power Options]

- [Advanced] and add a check mark for [Prompt for password when computer

resumes from standby].

Other startup problems.

z Press

in the Setup Utility (Î page 20 “To start the Setup Utility”) to return the

F9

Setup Utility settings (excluding the passwords) to the default values. Start the

Setup Utility and make the settings again.

z Remove all peripheral devices.

z Check to see if there was a disk error.

A Click [start] - [My Computer] and right-click [Local Disk(C:)], and click [Proper-

ties].

B Click [Tools] - [Check Now].

C Select the option in [Check disk options] and click [Start].

z Start the computer in Safe Mode and check the error details. When the [Panasonic]

boot screen disappears*1 at startup, press and hold F8 until the Windows Advanced

Options Menu is displayed.

*1 When [Password on boot] is set to [Enable] in the [Security] menu of the Setup Util-

ity, [Enter Password] appears after the [Panasonic] boot screen disappears. As

soon as you enter the password and press Enter, press and hold F8.

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Display

No display.

z The external display is selected. Press

+

to switch the display. Wait until the

Fn

F3

display has been switched completely before pressing Fn + F3 again.

z When using an external display,

• Check the cable connection.

•

Turn on the display.

•

Check the settings of external display.

z The display is turned off by the power-saving function. To resume, do not press the

direct selection keys, but press any other key like Ctrl.

z The computer entered standby or hibernation by the power-saving function. To

resume, press the power button.

The screen is dark.

z The screen is darker when the AC adapter is not connected. Press

+

and

Fn

F2

adjust the brightness. As you increase the brightness, battery consumption

increases.

You can separately set the brightness for when the AC adaptor is connected and

when not connected.

The screen is disordered.

z Changing the number of display colors and resolution may affect the screen. Restart

<Only for model with Intel®

the computer.

945GM chipset>

z When using Simultaneous display, set the same display colors for the external dis-

play as those for the LCD.

z When using Simultaneous display, do not press

Fn

+

F3

.

z Enable or disable Simultaneous display, and soon restart the computer.

During Simultaneous dis-

z When using the Extended Desktop, use the same display colors for the external dis-

play, one of the screens

play as those used by the LCD.

becomes disordered.

z If you continue to experience problems, try changing the display by clicking [start] -

<Only for model with Intel®

[Control Panel] - [Other Control Panel Options] - [Intel(R) GMA Driver for Mobile] -

945GM chipset>

[Display Devices].

+

, the

z When the [Command Prompt] is set to “Full Screen” by pressing

Alt

Enter

picture is displayed on one of the screens only. When the window display is restored

by pressing Alt +

Enter

, the picture is displayed on both screens.

z Simultaneous display cannot be used until Windows startup is complete (during

Setup Utility, etc.).

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