Troubleshooting and tips
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The battery discharges too quickly
The battery is either too hot or too cold. In this case the battery indicator flashes.
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Bring the workstation up / down to a normal temperature again.
If the operating time of the battery mode is extremely short, the battery is probably old and should
be replaced.
You may have an application running that consumes a great deal of power due to frequent
accessing of the hard disk or CD-ROM drive.
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Use the power adapter as frequently as possible.
The maximum brightness may have been set for the screen.
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Set the screen somewhat darker with the key
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
and the key
[F12]
[F12]
[F12]
[F12]
to reduce the power
consumption.
The power-management features have been deactivated.
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Check the settings in the
BIOS Setup
(in the
Power
menu), and adjust the parameters.
The Suspend/Resume button does not respond properly
The system may be processing.
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Wait until the system has completed processing.
You have not pressed the Suspend/Resume button long enough to switch off the
workstation.
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Press the Suspend/Resume button until you hear an acoustic signal.
The Standby function has been deactivated in the BIOS Setup.
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Restart the workstation (ON/OFF switch or warm start) to call the
BIOS Setup
.
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When the text
<ESC> Diagnostic screen <F12> Boot Menu <F2> BIOS Setup
<F6> Battery learning
appears, press the
[F2]
[F2]
[F2]
[F2]
key immediately.
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Activate the
Standby
function in the
Power
menu.
No sound or minimal volume
Check that the hardware volume control is correctly set.
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Double-click on the volume indicator in the task bar and adjust the volume. Make sure that the
loudspeaker is not switched off here.
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Make sure that the sound driver is correctly installed under
Control Panel - System - Device
Manager
.
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Use the key combination
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
+
[F6]
[F6]
[F6]
[F6]
to check the mute status.
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Use the key combination
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
+
[F7]
[F7]
[F7]
[F7]
or
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
[Fn]
+
[F8]
[F8]
[F8]
[F8]
to check the volume.