78 - Troubleshooting
The display goes blank by
itself after you have been
using it.
(continued)
Power management
timeouts may be set for
short intervals and you
didn’t notice the display
come on and go off.
Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore
operation. If that fails, push the Power/Suspend/Resume button.
(The display may be shut off by Standby Mode, Auto Suspend or
Video Timeout)
Your display won’t turn on
when the system is turned
on or when it 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.
The display does not close.
A small object such as a
paper clip is stuck
between the display and
keyboard.
Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard.
The display has bright or
dark spots.
If the spots are tiny and
few, this is normal for a
large LCD display.
This is normal; do nothing.
If the spots are numer-
ous or large enough to
interfere with your oper-
ation needs.
Display is faulty; contact your support representative.
The application display
uses only a portion of your
screen and is surrounded
by a dark frame.
You’re running an appli-
cation that doesn’t sup-
port the system’s native
pixel resolution and dis-
play compression is
enabled.
Display compression gives a clearer but smaller display for appli-
cations that do not support the system’s native pixel resolution.
You can fill the screen but have less resolution by changing dis-
play compression settings. These settings can be changed in the
Intel GMA control panel.
The Display is dark when
on battery power.
Power Management
default is set on low to
conserve power.
Press [Fn] + [F7] to increase brightness or double-click on the bat-
tery gauge and adjust Power Control under battery settings.
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