Troubleshooting
Problems & Possible Solutions
Power
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You turned on the power | Battery missing / incorrectly installed. Check the battery bay, make sure the battery is |
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but it doesn’t work. | present and seated properly (the design of the battery only allows it to go in one way). |
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| Make sure there’s nothing interfering with the battery contacts. |
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The Battery LED power | Low Battery. Plug in the AC power source. If the computer doesn’t start up immediately, |
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indicator | , is blinking | turn it off then on again. |
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You | are | losing | battery | The system is using too much power. If your OS has a Power Options scheme (see |
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power too quickly. |
| “Power Schemes” on page 3 - 16) check its settings. You may also be using a PC Card | 8 | ||
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| device that is drawing a lot of power. | |
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Actual battery operating | The battery has not been fully discharged before being recharged. Make sure the battery |
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time | is | shorter | than | is fully discharged and recharge it completely before reusing (see “Battery Information” |
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| Power Options have been disabled. Go to the Control Panel in Windows and |
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| the options. |
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| A peripheral device or PC Card is consuming a lot of power. Turn off the unused device to |
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| save power. |
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Problems & Possible Solutions 8 - 7
