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LifeBook A Series – Section Five
Your LifeBook notebook
turns off all by itself.
(continued)
You are operating on battery
power only and have ignored a
low battery alarm until the
batteries are all at the dead battery
state and your machine has gone
into Dead Battery Suspend mode.
Install a power adapter and then push the Suspend/
Resume button. (See Power Sources on page 25 for
more information)
You have a battery failure. Verify the condition of the batteries using the
Status Indicator panel, and replace or remove
any batteries that are shorted. (See Status Display
Indicators on page 14 for more information)
Your power adapter has failed or
lost its power source.
Make sure the adapter is plugged in and the outlet
has power.
Your LifeBook notebook
will not work on battery
alone.
The installed batteries are dead. Replace the battery with a charged one or install a
Power adapter.
No batteries are installed. Install a charged battery.
The batteries are improperly
installed.
Verify that the batteries are properly connected by
re-installing them.
Your installed batteries are faulty. Verify the condition of the batteries using the
Status Indicator panel and replace or remove
any batteries that are shorted. (See Status Display
Indicators on page 14 for more information)
The batteries seem to
discharge too quickly.
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.
Use both the primary battery and an optional
second battery and/or use a power adapter for this
application when at all possible.
The power savings features may
be disabled.
Check the power management and/or setup utility
settings in the Power Savings menu and adjust
according to your operating needs.
The brightness is turned all
the way up.
Turn down the brightness adjustment. The higher
the brightness the more power your display uses.
The batteries are very old. Replace the batteries.
The batteries have been exposed
to high temperatures.
Replace the batteries.
The batteries are too hot or too
cold.
Restore the LifeBook notebook to normal operating
temperature. The Charging icon on the Status Indi-
cator panel will flash when the battery is outside its
operating range.
Shutdown and Startup Problems
The Suspend/Resume
button does not work.
You did not hold the button in
long enough.
Hold the button longer. This may need to be a few
seconds if your application is preventing the CPU
from checking for button pushes.
There may be a conflict with the
application software.
Close all applications and try the button again.
Problem Possible Cause Possible Solutions
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