Sony VAIO PCG-FX310 User Manual page 5

Troubleshooting ......................................105
Troubleshooting Your Notebook ............................106
My notebook does not start..............................................106
My notebook starts, but a BIOS error is displayed..........106
My notebook starts, but the message "Operating system not
found" appears and Windows does not start....................107
My notebook stops responding or does not shut down....108
The Power Management setting is not responding. .........108
The sound of my notebook's fan is too loud. ..................109
Why does the System Properties dialog box display a slower
CPU speed than advertised? ............................................109
Troubleshooting the LCD Screen............................110
My LCD screen is blank. .................................................110
My LCD screen continues to show the previous screen. .110
The image on my connected external display is not centered
or sized properly. .............................................................110
I want to change the video resolution of my display. ......110
I want to change the display resolution for TV Out ........110
I cannot switch the LCD display to TV, and vice versa. .111
Troubleshooting the Mouse and Touchpad .............112
My mouse does not work.................................................112
My touchpad does not work properly. .............................112
The pointer does not move while I am using the Touchpad or
Mouse...............................................................................113
Troubleshooting Drives, PC Cards and Peripheral De-
vices.........................................................................114
My floppy disk drive cannot write to a floppy disk.........114
My optical drive is not playing a CD or DVD properly. .114
My optical drive tray does not open. ...............................115
I cannot use Digital Video (DV) devices. The message "DV
equipment seems to be disconnected or turned off" appears.
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