Sony PCG-FX410 Primary User Manual page 5

Troubleshooting ......................................101
Troubleshooting Your Notebook ............................102
My notebook does not start..............................................102
My notebook starts, but a BIOS error is displayed..........102
My notebook starts, but the message "Operating system not
found" appears and Windows does not start....................103
My notebook stops responding or does not shut down....104
The Power Management setting is not responding. .........104
The sound of my notebook's fan is too loud. ..................105
Why does the System Properties dialog box display a slower
CPU speed than advertised? ............................................105
Troubleshooting the LCD Screen............................106
My LCD screen is blank. .................................................106
My LCD screen continues to show the previous screen. .106
The image on my connected external display is not centered
or sized properly. .............................................................106
I want to change the video resolution of my display. ......106
I want to change the display resolution for TV Out ........106
I cannot switch the LCD display to TV, and vice versa. .107
Troubleshooting the Mouse and Touchpad .............108
My mouse does not work.................................................108
My touchpad does not work properly. .............................108
The pointer does not move while I am using the Touchpad or
Mouse...............................................................................109
Troubleshooting Drives, PC Cards and Peripheral De-
vices.........................................................................110
My floppy disk drive cannot write to a floppy disk.........110
My optical drive is not playing a CD or DVD properly. .110
My optical drive tray does not open. ...............................111
I cannot use Digital Video (DV) devices. The message "DV
equipment seems to be disconnected or turned off" appears.
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