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- Troubleshooting
The built-in display is blank
when you turn on your
notebook
(continued)
The display angle and
brightness settings are
not adequate for your
lighting conditions.
Move the display and the brightness control until you have ade-
quate visibility. Pressing either the [F6] or [F7] keys while holding
down the [Fn] key also allows you to change the brightness level
of the display.
Power management
timeouts may be set for
short intervals and you
didn’t notice the display
come on and go off.
Press a keyboard button or move the mouse to restore operation.
If that fails, push the Power/Suspend/Resume button. (The dis-
play may be shut off by Standby mode, Auto Suspend or Video
Timeout)
The notebook turned on
with a series of beeps and
the built-in display is blank.
POST has detected a
failure that doesn’t allow
the display to operate.
Contact your support representative.
The display goes blank by
itself after you have been
using it.
The notebook has gone
into Video timeout,
Standby,, or Save-to-
Disk mode because you
have not used it for a
period of time.
Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore
operation. If that fails, push the Power/Suspend/Resume button.
Check your power management settings, or close your applica-
tions and go to the Power Savings menu of the setup utility to
adjust the timeout values to better suit your operation needs. See
“BIOS Setup Utility” on page 39.
Power management
timeouts may be set for
short intervals and you
didn’t notice the display
come on and go off.
Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore
operation. If that fails, push the Power/Suspend/Resume button.
(The display may be shut off by Standby Mode, Auto Suspend or
Video Timeout)
Your display won’t turn on
when the system is turned
on or when it has resumed.
The system may be
password-protected.
Check the status indicator panel to verify that the Security icon is
blinking. If it is blinking, enter your password.
The display does not close. Small object (like a
paper clip) is stuck
between the display
and keyboard.
Remove all foreign objects from the keyboard.
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