Display Problems - Toshiba Tecra A3 Series Resource Manual

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If something goes wrong
To clear the condition, press
select Shutdown, then Restart to restart the computer. Read
the documentation that came with the conflicting device and
"Resolving a hardware conflict" in the electronic user's
guide.
The keyboard produces unexpected characters.
A keypad overlay may be on. If the numeric keypad or cursor
control light is on, press
the cursor control light or press
turn off the numeric keypad light.
If the problem occurs when both the keypad overlays are off,
make sure the software you are using is not remapping the
keyboard. Refer to the software's documentation and check
that the program does not assign different meanings to any of
the keys.

Display problems

Here are some typical display problems and their solutions:
The display is blank.
Display Auto Off may be in effect. Press any key to activate
the screen.
You may have activated the instant password feature by
pressing
If you have registered a password, press the
password and press
. The screen reactivates and allows you to continue
Enter
working.
If you are using the built-in screen, make sure the display
priority is not set for an external monitor. To do this, hold
down
not the external monitor.
Small bright dots appear on your TFT display when you
turn on your computer.
Your display contains an extremely large number of thin-film
transistors (TFT) and is manufactured using high-precision
technology. The small bright dots that appear on your display
are an intrinsic characteristic of the TFT manufacturing
technology.
and simultaneously.
Fn F1
Enter
and continue to press
Fn
, , and
Ctrl Alt
and simultaneously to turn off
Fn F10
and
Fn
. If no password is registered, press
until the display priority is
F5
simultaneously,
Del
simultaneously to
F11
, type the
Enter key