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Table 2-9, Solving Battery/Battery Gauge Problems, Problem, Possible Cause, Solution

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Table 2-8 Continued Problem Possible Cause Solution External microphone does not work. You are using the wrong type of microphone or microphone plug for the computer. The microphone may not be connected properly. Sound source not selected. Audio settings are not set correctly. Volume control on the computer is turned down. Check to see if you are using a monophonic electret condenser micro-phone with a 3.5-mm plug. Ensure that the micro-phone plug is properly connected to the mono microphone jack. Ensure that microphone is selected as the recording source in Control Panel Æ Multimedia and that the recording level is adjusted. Check the game program's audio settings. Adjust the computer volume with the Fn+F5 hotkeys. No sound from headphones Volume or mixing controls set incorrectly. I Adjust the overall volume with the Fn+F5 hotkeys. I Use the mixing features available by double-clicking the speaker icon on the Windows taskbar. Sound source not selected. Verify that the sound source is selected in Control Panel Æ Multimedia. The headphones are connected Check the connection. to the wrong jack. Volume too low or too loud Volume or mixing controls set incorrectly. I Adjust the overall volume with the Fn+F5 hotkeys. I Replace the battery pack with another fully charged battery pack. I Check the mixing features available by double-clicking the speaker icon on the Windows taskbar. Table 2-9 Solving Battery/Battery Gauge Problems Problem Possible Cause Solution Computer is beeping and battery Battery pack charge is low. power light is blinking I Charge the battery pack by connecting to an external power source. I Replace the battery pack with another fully charged battery. I Initiate Hibernation or turn the computer off until AC power or a fully charged battery is available. Computer battery charge light blinks to indicate low battery condition, but computer does not beep. Volume turned down too low. Turn up the volume using the Fn+F5 hotkeys. Continued 2-14 Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting
Table 2-8
Problem
Possible Cause
Solution
External microphone does not
work.
You are using the wrong type of
microphone or microphone plug
for the computer.
Check to see if you are using a
monophonic electret condenser
micro-phone with a 3.5-mm plug.
The microphone may not be
connected properly.
Ensure that the micro-phone plug is
properly connected to the mono
microphone jack.
Sound source not selected.
Ensure that microphone is selected
as the recording source in Control
Panel
Æ
Multimedia and that the
recording level is adjusted.
Audio settings are not set
correctly.
Check the game program's audio
settings.
Volume control on the computer
is turned down.
Adjust the computer volume with the
Fn
+
F5
hotkeys.
No sound from headphones
Volume or mixing controls set
incorrectly.
■
Adjust the overall volume with the
Fn
+
F5
hotkeys.
■
Use the mixing features available
by double-clicking the speaker
icon on the Windows taskbar.
Sound source not selected.
Verify that the sound source is
selected in Control Panel
Æ
Multimedia.
The headphones are connected
to the wrong jack.
Check the connection.
Volume too low or too loud
Volume or mixing controls set
incorrectly.
■
Adjust the overall volume with the
Fn
+
F5
hotkeys.
■
Replace the battery pack with
another fully charged battery
pack.
■
Check the mixing features available
by double-clicking the speaker icon
on the Windows taskbar.
Table 2-9
Solving Battery/Battery Gauge Problems
Problem
Possible Cause
Solution
Computer is beeping and battery
power light is blinking
Battery pack charge is low.
■
Charge the battery pack by
connecting to an external power
source.
■
Replace the battery pack with
another fully charged battery.
■
Initiate Hibernation or turn the
computer off until AC power or a
fully charged battery is available.
Computer battery charge light
blinks to indicate low battery
condition, but computer does not
beep.
Volume turned down too low.
Turn up the volume using the
Fn
+
F5
hotkeys.