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S Series.book Page 63 Thursday, February 12, 2004 4:15 PM
Problem
The application display
uses only a portion of your
screen and is surrounded
by a dark frame.
The Display is dark when
on battery power.
You have connected an
external monitor and
it does not display
any information.
You have connected an
external monitor and it
does not come on.
Miscellaneous Problems
An error message is
displayed on the screen
during the operation of
an application.
Possible Cause
You are running an application
that does not support 800 x
600/1024 x 768 pixel resolution
display and display compres-
sion is enabled.
The Power Management utility
default is set on low brightness
to conserve power.
Your BIOS setup is not set to
enable your external monitor.
Your external monitor is not
properly installed.
Your operating system soft-
ware is not setup with the
correct software driver for
that device.
Your external monitor is not
compatible with your LifeBook
notebook.
Application software often
has its own set of error
message displays.
T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g
Possible Solutions
Display compression gives a clearer but smaller
display for applications that do not support 800 x
600/1024 x 768 pixel resolution. You can fill the
screen but have less resolution by changing your
display compression setting, (See the Video Features
submenu, located within the Advanced menu of the
BIOS. (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 29 for more
information)
Press [Fn] + [F7] to increase brightness or double-
click on the battery gauge and adjust Power Control
under battery settings.
Try toggling the video destination by pressing [Fn]
and [F10] together, or check your BIOS setup and
enable your external monitor. (See the Video Features
submenu, located within the Advanced Menu of the
BIOS. (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 29 for more
information)
Reinstall your device. (See External Monitor Port on
page 52 for more information)
Check your device and operating system
documentation and activate the proper driver.
See your monitor documentation and the
External Monitor Support portions of the
Specifications section. (See Specifications on page 77
for more information)
See your application manual and help displays
screens for more information. Not all messages are
errors some may simply be status.
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