Fujitsu LIFEBOOK A531 - The Notebooks LCD Screen Remains Blank; The LCD Screen Is Difficult to Read; The External Monitor Remains Blank

Troubleshooting and tips
The notebook’s LCD screen remains b lank
LCDscreenLCDscreenistoodark
Cause Troublesho ot ing
Monitor is switched off.
► Press a key or touch the touchpad.
External monitor or television set conn ecte d. ► Press the key combination to switch the
screen output, see "
Key combinations",
Page 25.
The LCD screen is difficult to read
LCDscreenLCD screen
Cause Troublesho ot ing
Reflected glare ► Turn the notebook or alter the tilt of the LCD
screen.
► Increase the brightness of the screen.
The external monitor remains blank
Monitor
Cause Troublesho ot ing
Monitor is switched off. ► Switch the external monitor on.
Power saving h as been activated (monitor is
blank).
► Press any key to continue.
Brightness is set to dark.
► Adjust the brightness of the monitor.
Screen output is set to the notebook’s LCD
screen
► Press the key combination to switch the
screen output, see "
Key combinations",
Page 25.
The external monitor’s power cable or data
cable is not connected properly.
► Switch off the extern al monitor and the
notebook.
► Check wh et
her the power cable is plugged
properly i
nto the external monitor and into
the power s
ocket.
► Ch eck whether the data c able is properly
connected to the notebook and the external
monitor (if it is plugged in with a connector).
► Switch o
n the external mon itor and the
noteboo
k.
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