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- Troubleshooting
The battery seems to
discharge too quickly.
You are running a pro-
gram that uses a lot of
power due to frequent
hard drive or optical
drive access, or use of a
modem, or LAN PC
card.
Use a power adapter for this application when at all possible.
The power savings fea-
tures may be disabled.
Check the Power Options menu settings 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 battery is old.
Replace the battery.
The battery has been
exposed to high temper-
atures.
Replace the battery.
The battery is too hot or
too cold.
Restore the notebook to normal operating temperature. Charging
icon on the Status Indicator panel will flash when battery is out-
side of operating range.
Shutdown and Startup Problems
The Suspend/Resume
button does not work.
Suspend/Resume
button is disabled.
In the Control Panel under Power Options, select the “Choose
what the power button does” option and make your choices.
There may be applica-
tion software. conflict
Close all applications and try the button again.
System powers up and dis-
plays power on informa-
tion, but fails to load the
operating system.
The boot sequence set-
tings 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 52.
Problem
Possible Cause
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