Fujitsu S7110 S7110 User's Guide - Page 72

S7110.book Page 62 Monday, March 20, 2006 1:56 PM LifeBook S7100 Notebook Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions Your LifeBook notebook turns off all by itself. (continued) You are operating on battery power only and have ignored a low battery alarm until the batteries are all at the dead battery state and your machine has gone into Dead Battery Suspend mode. Install a power adapter and then push the Power/ Suspend/Resume button. (See Power Sources on page 27 for more information) 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 Indicator Panel on page 12 for more information) Your power adapter has failed Make sure the adapter is plugged in and the outlet or lost its power source. has power. Your LifeBook notebook will not work on battery alone. The installed batteries are dead. No batteries are installed. Replace the battery with a charged one or install a Power adapter. Install a charged battery. The batteries are improperly Verify that the batteries are properly connected installed. 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 12 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 media drive 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 or have been exposed to high temperatures. Replace the batteries. The batteries are too hot or too cold. Restore the notebook to normal operating temperature. The Charging icon on the Status Indicator Panel will flash when the battery is outside its operating range. Shutdown and Startup Problems The Suspend/Resume button does not work. The Suspend/Resume button is disabled from the Advanced submenu of the Power menu 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. 62