Fujitsu A3110 A3110 User's Guide - Page 63

falcon.book Page 53 Friday, August 4, 2006 11:12 AM Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions Your notebook appears to change setup parameters when you start it. The BIOS CMOS hold-up battery has failed. Contact your support representative for repairs. This is not a user serviceable part but has a normal life of 3 to 5 years. (continued) Video Problems The built-in display is blank when you turn on your LifeBook notebook. Something is pushing on the Closed Cover switch. The notebook is set for an external monitor only. Clear the Closed Cover switch. (See figure 2-3 on page 6 for location) Pressing [F10] while holding down the [Fn] key allows you to change your selection of where to send your display video. Each time you press the keys you will step to the next choice. The choices, in order, are: built-in display panel only, both built-in display panel and external monitor or external monitor only. The display angle and brightness settings are not adequate for your lighting conditions. Move the display and the brightness control until you have adequate visibility. The power management timeouts may be set for very short intervals and you failed to notice the display come on and go off again. Press any button 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) The notebook turned on with a series of beeps and your display is blank. Power On Self Test (POST) has Contact your support representative. detected a failure that does not allow the display to operate. The display goes blank by itself after you have been using it. The notebook has gone into Video timeout, Standby mode, or Hibernate mode because you have not used it for a period of time. Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore operation. If that fails, push the Power/ Suspend/Resume button. Check your power management settings, or close your applications and go to the Power Savings menu of the setup utility to adjust the timeout values to better suit your operation needs. (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 25 for more information) The power management timeouts may be set for very short intervals and you failed to notice the display come on and go off again. 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) The display does not close. A foreign object, such as a Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard. paper clip, is stuck between the display and the keyboard. The display has bright or dark spots. If the spots are very tiny and few in number, this is normal for a large LCD display. This is normal; do nothing. If the spots are numerous or large enough to interfere with your operation needs. Display is faulty; contact your support representative. 53