Shutdown And Startup Problems - Fujitsu Lifebook N3530 User Manual

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Problem
The battery seems to
discharge too quickly.

Shutdown and Startup Problems

The Power/Suspend/
Resume button does not
work.
The system powers up
and displays power-on
information, but fails to
load the operating
system.
An error message is
displayed during the
LifeBook notebook
(boot) sequence.
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Possible Cause
You are running an application
that uses a great deal of power
due to frequent hard drive or
media player drive access, use of a
modem card or a LAN PC card.
The power savings features may
be disabled.
The brightness is turned all
the way up.
The battery is very old.
The battery has been exposed to
high temperatures.
The battery is too hot or too cold.
The Mode light is on constantly.
The Power/Suspend/Resume
button is disabled from the
Advanced submenu of the Power
menu of the setup utility.
You did not hold the button in
long enough.
There may be a conflict with the
application software.
The boot sequence settings of the
setup utility are not compatible
with your configuration.
You have a secured system
requiring a password to load your
operating system.
Internal hard drive was not
detected.
Power On Self Test (POST) has
detected a problem.
Possible Solutions
Use both the primary battery and/or use a power
adapter for this application when at all possible.
Check the power management and/or setup utility
settings in the Power Options menu and adjust
according to your operating needs.
Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher
the brightness the more power your display uses.
Replace the battery.
Replace the battery.
Restore the LifeBook to normal operating tempera-
ture. The Battery Charging icon on the indicator
panel will flash when the battery is outside operating
range.
Turn off the Mode light by turning system power
off, then pressing the Power/Suspend/Resume
button for four or more seconds.
Enable the button from the setup utility.
Hold the button longer. This may need to be a few
seconds if your application is preventing the CPU
from checking for button pushes.
Close all applications and try the button again.
Set the operating source by pressing the [ESC] key
while the Fujitsu logo is on screen or use the [F2]
key and enter the setup utility and adjust the source
settings from the Boot menu. (See BIOS Setup
Utility on page 27 for more information)
Make sure you have the right password. Enter the
setup utility and verify the Security settings and
modify them as accordingly. (See BIOS Setup Utility
on page 27 for more information)
Use the BIOS setup utility or IDE Settings submenu,
located within the Main menu, to try to auto detect
the internal hard drive.
See Power On Self Test (POST) messages to deter-
mine the meaning of the problem. Not all messages
are errors; some are status indicators. (See Power On
Self Test Messages on page 71 for more information)