Troubleshooting and tips
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The notebook's date or time is incorrect
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Set the time and/or date in the
Main
menu of the
BIOS Setup Utility
.
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If the date and time are repeatedly incorrect when you switch on the notebook, the buffer
battery that supplies the internal clock is dead.
Please contact your sales outlet or our hotline/help desk.
The LCD screen of the notebook remains blank
Monitor is switched off
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Press a key or enter the password
External monitor or television set connected
►
Press the key combination
Fn
+
F3
(selecting internal/external display).
The LCD screen is difficult to read
Reflection
►
Turn the notebook or alter the tilt of the LCD screen.
The external monitor stays blank
If your screen remains blank this may be due to the following:
Monitor is switched off
►
Switch the external monitor on.
Power saving has been activated (screen is blank)
►
Press any key to continue.
Brightness is set too dark
►
Adjust the brightness of the monitor.
Screen output is set to the notebook’s LCD screen
►
Press the key combination
Fn
+
F3
(selecting internal/external display).
The external monitor's power cable or data cable is not connected properly
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Switch off the external monitor and the notebook.
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Check whether the power cable is plugged properly into the external monitor and into the power
socket.
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Check whether the data cable is properly connected to the notebook and the external monitor
(if it is plugged in with a connector).
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Switch on the external monitor and the notebook.