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Trouble with Display, Question: Why do I get the message, Question: Why is the screen blank?

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Question: Why do I get the message Operating system not found? • Run the Setup Utility and get default value of the Setup Utility. Be sure to set the date and time correctly. Trouble with Display See also the Display section in Chapter 2 and 4. Question: Why is the screen blank? • Press any key to see if any power management feature has turned off the screen to save power. • See the power indicator to check whether the computer is turned on. • If you are using a battery pack, make sure it is correctly installed and has a charge remaining. • Make sure the LCD screen is selected as the display by pressing Fn+F5. • Check whether the display is on by pressing Fn+F11. • If you still have the problem after trying the above, follow the steps in Why doesn't the keyboard or the glide pad function? Question: Why does the external monitor display nothing or the image on it distorted? • Confirm the monitor is turned on. • Confirm the monitor is connected correctly. • Make sure an external monitor is selected as the display by pressing Fn+F5. • If you use Fn+F5 to change the display, the image may be distorted. Press Fn+F5 again to return the previous display and use Display Properties dialog box to change it again. • Make sure the value of Screen resolution in Settings tab of Display Properties is lower than the resolution of the external monitor. • Make sure the external monitor is not near any electric devices having strong magnetic fields such as a TV set or radio. • Do not share an outlet with a TV set or radio. T-3 Troubleshooting

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T-3
Troubleshooting
Question: Why do I get the message
Operating system not found
?
•
Run the Setup Utility and get default value of the Setup Utility. Be sure to set the
date and time correctly.
Trouble with Display
See also the
Display
section in Chapter 2 and 4.
Question: Why is the screen blank?
•
Press any key to see if any power management feature has turned off the screen to
save power.
•
See the power indicator to check whether the computer is turned on.
•
If you are using a battery pack, make sure it is correctly installed and has a charge
remaining.
•
Make sure the LCD screen is selected as the display by pressing
Fn+F5
.
•
Check whether the display is on by pressing
Fn+F11
.
•
If you still have the problem after trying the above, follow the steps in
Why doesn't
the keyboard or the glide pad function?
Question: Why does the external monitor display nothing or the image on
it distorted?
•
Confirm the monitor is turned on.
•
Confirm the monitor is connected correctly.
•
Make sure an external monitor is selected as the display by pressing
Fn+F5
.
•
If you use
Fn
+
F5
to change the display, the image may be distorted. Press
Fn
+
F5
again to return the previous display and use
Display Properties
dialog box to
change it again.
•
Make sure the value of
Screen resolution
in
Settings
tab of
Display Properties
is
lower than the resolution of the external monitor.
•
Make sure the external monitor is not near any electric devices having strong
magnetic fields such as a TV set or radio.
•
Do not share an outlet with a TV set or radio.