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- Troubleshooting
Your LIFEBOOK notebook
will not work on battery
alone.
The installed battery is
dead.
Replace the battery with a charged one or install a power adapter.
No battery is 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 Indicator Panel” on page 20.
The batteries seem to
discharge too quickly.
You are running an
application that uses a
lot of power due to fre-
quent hard drive or opti-
cal drive access, or use
of a modem, LAN PC
card, Wireless LAN, or
Bluetooth device.
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 fea-
tures may be disabled.
Check the Power Options menu settings and adjust according to
your operating needs.
Batteries are very old. Replace the batteries.
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 have
been exposed to high
temperatures.
Replace the batteries.
The batteries are too
hot or too cold.
Restore the notebook to normal operating temperature. Charging
icon on the Status Indicator panel will flash when battery is outside
of operating range.
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