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- Troubleshooting
Your LifeBook notebook
turns off all by itself.
(continued)
You are operating on
battery power and
ignored a low battery
alarm until the battery is
at the dead battery
state and the system
has gone into Dead Bat-
tery Suspend mode.
Install a power adapter and then push the Power/Sus-
pend/Resume button.
See “Power Sources” on page 33.
Your power adapter has
failed or lost power.
Make sure the adapter is plugged in and the outlet has power.
Your LifeBook notebook will
not work on battery alone.
The installed battery is
dead.
Replace the battery with a charged one or install a power adapter.
No battery is 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 Indicator Panel” on page 21.
The batteries seem to
discharge too quickly.
You are running an
application that uses a
lot of power due to fre-
quent hard drive or opti-
cal drive access, or use
of a modem, LAN PC
card, Wireless LAN, or
Bluetooth device.
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 fea-
tures may be disabled.
Check the Power Options menu settings and adjust according to
your operating needs.
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