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Problem
The Built-in Display has
bright or dark spots.
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
Error message is displayed
on the screen during the
operation of an application.
Possible Cause
Possible Solutions
If the spots are very tiny
This is normal; do nothing.
and few in number, this
is normal for a large
LCD display.
If the spots are numer-
Display is faulty; contact your support representative.
ous or large enough to
interfere with your oper-
ation needs.
You are running a pro-
Display compression gives a clearer but smaller display for appli-
gram that does not sup-
cations that do not support the system's native pixel resolution.
port the system's native
You can fill the screen but have less resolution by changing dis-
pixel resolution and dis-
play compression settings. These settings can be changed in the
play compression is
Intel GMA control panel.
enabled.
Power Management is
Press [Fn] + [F7] to increase brightness or double-click on the bat-
set on low brightness to
tery gauge and adjust Power Control under battery settings.
save power.
Your external monitor is
Reinstall your device. See "External Video Port" on page 75.
not properly installed.
Your operating system
Check your device and operating system documentation and
is not setup with the
activate the proper driver.
correct software driver.
Your external monitor is
See your monitor documentation and the External Monitor Sup-
not compatible with your
port portions of the Specifications section. See "Specifications" on
LifeBook notebook.
page 110.
Application software
See your application manual and help displays screens for more
often has its own set of
information. Not all messages are errors some may simply be sta-
error message displays.
tus.
90 - Troubleshooting
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