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Your system display won’t
turn on when the system is
turned on or when the
system has resumed.
The system may be password-
protected.
Check the status indicator panel to verify that the
Security icon is blinking. If it is blinking, enter your
password.
Your notebook/Tablet PC
appears to change setup
parameters when you start it.
BIOS setup changes were not
saved when you made them and
exited the BIOS setup utility
returning it to previous settings.
Make sure you select
Save Changes And Exit
when
exiting the BIOS setup utility.
The BIOS CMOS back-up
battery has failed.
Contact your support representative for repairs. This is
not a user-serviceable part.
Video Problems
The built-in display is blank
when you turn on your note-
book/Tablet PC.
The angle of the display and the
brightness settings are not
adequate for your lighting
conditions.
Move the display and the brightness control until you
have adequate visibility.
The optional Port Replicator is
attached, an external monitor is
plugged in, and the system is set
for an external monitor only.
Pressing [F10] while holding down the [Fn] key allows
you to change your selection of where to send your
display video. Each time you press the combination of
keys you will step to the next choice. The choices, in
order are: built-in display only, external monitor only,
both built-in display and external monitor.
The power management
timeouts may be set for very
short intervals and you failed to
notice the display come on and
go off again.
Press any button the keyboard, or move the mouse to
restore operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/
Resume button. (The display may be shut off by
Standby mode, Auto Suspend or Video Timeout)
The notebook/Tablet PC
turned on with a series of
beeps and your built-in
display is blank.
Power On Self Test (POST) has
detected a failure which does not
allow the display to operate.
Contact your support representative.
Your system display won’t
turn on when the system is
turned on or when the
system has resumed.
The system may be password-
protected.
Check the status indicator panel to verify that the Secu-
rity icon is blinking. If it is blinking, enter your pass-
word.
The display goes blank by
itself after you have been
using it.
The notebook/Tablet PC has
gone into Video Timeout,
Standby Mode, or Hibernate
Mode because you have not used
it for a period of time.
Press a button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to
restore operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/
Resume button. Check your power management
settings, or close your applications and go to the Power
Savings menu of the setup utility to adjust the timeout
values to better suit your operation needs.
See “BIOS
Setup Utility” on page 30.
The power management time-
outs may be set for very short
intervals and you failed to notice
the display come on and go off
again.
Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to
restore operation. If that fails, push the Suspend/Resume
button. (The display may be shut off by Standby Mode,
Auto Suspend or Video Timeout)
The display does not close.
A foreign object, such as a paper
clip, is stuck between the display
and the keyboard.
Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard.
Problem
Possible Cause
Possible Solutions
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Summary of Contents for FPCM20654
Page 6: ...L i f e B o o k P S e r i e s N o t e b o o k T a b l e t P C ...
Page 7: ...1 1 Preface ...
Page 8: ...2 L i f e B o o k P S e r i e s N o t e b o o k T a b l e t P C ...
Page 10: ...4 L i f e B o o k P S e r i e s N o t e b o o k T a b l e t P C ...
Page 11: ...5 2 Getting to Know Your LifeBook ...
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Page 33: ...27 3 Using Your LifeBook ...
Page 34: ...28 L i f e B o o k P S e r i e s N o t e b o o k T a b l e t P C ...
Page 41: ...35 4 User Installable Features ...
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Page 55: ...49 5 Troubleshooting ...
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Page 69: ...63 6 Care and Maintenance ...
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Page 74: ...68 L i f e B o o k P S e r i e s N o t e b o o k T a b l e t P C ...
Page 75: ...69 7 System Specifications ...
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Page 81: ...75 8 Glossary ...
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Page 89: ...83 Appendix A Integrated Wireless LAN User s Guide Optional Device ...
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Page 107: ...101 Appendix B Using the Fingerprint Swipe Sensor ...
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