Error Messages - Gateway Solo 5100 Maintaining & Troubleshooting

Battery life
Note:
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Access denied
Bad command or file name
86 Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Solo Notebook
Question:
Why is my battery life so short? My battery is reporting 100% charged, then
loosing power shortly after?
Answer:
In most cases, this may be caused by the battery not being conditioned
properly. To properly condition the battery, it must be fully charged until the
battery charge light goes out. Then ensure the
Power Management Control
To make changes to the BIOS setup:
1. Press <F2> when the message
startup.
2. Arrow to the Power menu, then arrow down to the
the value to Disabled
3. Arrow down to the
4. Arrow to the Exit menu and select
5. Leave the system operating using only battery power until the system shuts
down on its own.
6. Plug in the AC adapter and fully charge the battery; this conditions the
battery. You many want to enter the BIOS setup again to enable the
and the
Control Battery Low Suspend

Error messages

This section alphabetically lists commonly occurring error messages with the
suggested solution or referral instructions provided opposite the error message.
Many times these messages indicate only procedural errors: an incorrect keystroke,
a write protect tab not removed, etc.
Try saving to a new file or diskette, or move the write protection tab over the
hole on the back of the diskette.
Check to make sure you typed the correct command. Verify which drive was
specified and retry. A bad command or file name may be in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
or the CONFIG.SYS file. The boot sector may have been altered by a virus. To exit
from MS-DOS to Windows 95 type exit and press <Enter>.
options are disabled in the BIOS setup.
Press <F2> to enter SETUP
.
option; change the value to
Battery Low Suspend
Save Changes & Exit
options.
Battery Low Suspend and the
appears during
PM Control option; change
Off
.
PM
.