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L i f e B o o k N S e r i e s U s e r ’ s G u i d e
Your LifeBook notebook
turns off all by itself.
(continued)
You have a battery failure.
Verify the condition of the batteries using the
Status Indicator panel, and replace or remove
any batteries that are shorted.
(See Status/Volume
Indicators on page 14 for more information)
Your LifeBook notebook
will not work on battery
alone.
The installed batteries are
dead.
Replace the battery with a charged one or install
an AC adapter.
No batteries are installed.
Install a charged battery.
The batteries are improperly
installed.
Verify that the batteries are properly connected
by re-installing them.
Your installed batteries
are faulty.
Verify the condition of the batteries using the
Status Indicator panel and replace or remove
any batteries that are shorted.
(See Status/Volume
Indicators on page 14 for more information)
The batteries seem to
discharge too quickly.
You are running an application
that uses a great deal of power
due to frequent hard drive or
DVD/CD-ROM access, or use
of a modem or LAN PC card.
Use both the primary battery and an optional
second battery and/or use a power adapter for this
application when at all possible.
The power savings features
may be disabled.
Check the power management and/or setup utility
settings in the Power Savings menu and adjust
according to your operating needs.
The brightness is turned all
the way up.
Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher
the brightness the more power your display uses.
The batteries are very old.
Replace the batteries.
The batteries have been
exposed to high temperatures.
Replace the batteries.
The batteries are too hot
or too cold.
Restore the LifeBook notebook to normal operating
temperature. The Charging icon on the Status Indi-
cator panel will flash when the battery is outside its
operating range.
Shutdown and Startup Problems
The Power and Suspend/
Resume button does not
work.
The Power and Suspend/
Resume button is disabled
from the Power -> Advanced
submenu of the setup utility.
Enable the button from the setup utility.
You did not hold the button
in long enough.
Hold the button longer. This may need to be a few
seconds if your application is preventing the CPU
from checking for button pushes.
There may be a conflict with
the application software.
Close all applications and try the button again.
The system powers up and
displays power-on informa-
tion, but fails to load the
operating system.
The boot sequence settings of
the setup utility are not
compatible with your
configuration.
Set the operating source by pressing the [ESC] key
while the Fujitsu logo is on screen or use the [F2]
key and enter the setup utility and adjust the source
settings from the Boot menu.
(See BIOS Setup
Utility on page 25 for more information)
Problem
Possible Cause
Possible Solutions
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Summary of Contents for Lifebook N-5010
Page 7: ...1 1 Preface cygnus book Page 1 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
Page 27: ...21 3 Getting Started cygnus book Page 21 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
Page 37: ...31 4 User Installable Features cygnus book Page 31 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
Page 53: ...47 5 Troubleshooting cygnus book Page 47 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
Page 65: ...59 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g cygnus book Page 59 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
Page 69: ...63 6 Care and Maintenance cygnus book Page 63 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
Page 75: ...69 7 Specifications cygnus book Page 69 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
Page 81: ...75 8 Glossary cygnus book Page 75 Tuesday September 30 2003 4 22 PM ...
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