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Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution
You turn on your notebook and 8. The battery or batteries are low. 8. If the batteries are dead there will be a beep
nothing seems to happen. (continued) when the power switch is turned on and the
notebook will immediately go into Dead
Battery Suspend mode. (See page 37.)
Check the Status Indicator panel to deter-
mine the presence and condition of the
batteries. (See Figure 3-1 on page 24.) Use a
Power adapter to operate until a battery is
charged or install a charged battery.
Your notebook turns off all by itself. 1. The power management parameters are set 1. Use the keyboard or pointer and if that does
for auto timeouts which are too short for not restore operation, push the Suspend/
your operating needs. Resume button. Check the power management
settings or close your applications and go to
the setup utility Power Savings menu and
adjust the timeout values to better suit
your operation needs.
2. You are operating on battery only and have 2. Install a Power adapter and then push the
ignored a low battery alarm until the batteries Suspend/Resume button. (See Low Battery
are all at the dead battery state and your machine State on page 37.)
has gone into Dead Battery Suspend mode.
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