Troubleshooting and tips
The LCD screen of the notebook is difficult to read
LCDscreenLCDscreen
Cause Troublesh ooting
Reflected glare ► Turn the notebook or alter the tilt of the LCD
screen.
► Increase the brightness of the screen.
The external monitor rem
ains blank
Monitor
Cause Troublesh ooting
Monitor is switched off. ► Switch the external monitor on.
Power s aving has been activated (monitor is
blank).
► Press any key to continue.
Brightness is set to d ark.
► Adjust the brightne
ss of the monitor.
Screen output is set to the notebook’s LCD
screen
► Press the key combination fo r changing over
the screen output, see "
Key comb inations",
Pag e 47.
The external mo nitor’s AC cable or data cable is
not connected properly.
► Switch off the external monitor and the
notebook.
► Check w hether the A C cable is plugged
properly into the external monitor a nd into
the power outle t.
► Check whether the data cable is properly
connected to the notebook and the external
monitor (if it is plugged in with a connecto r).
► Switch on the external monitor and the
notebook.
The extern
al monitor is blank or the image is unstable
MonitorMonitor
Cause Troublesh
ooting
The wrong
external monitor has been selected
or the wro
ng screen resolution has been set for
the appl
ication program.
► Terminat
e the application program under
Windows b
y pressing
Alt
+
F4
.Ifthe
error pe
rsists after terminating the program,
use the k
ey combination for switching the
screen
output (see "
Key combination s",
Pag e 47),
in order to switch to the L CD
screen
of the note book.
Change
the following setting:
► Set the screen resolution: Set the screen
resolution as described in the documentation
for your operating system.
► Sele
ct mo nitor: Select m onitor 1 or 2 as
desc
ribed in the documentation for your
ope
rating s y ste m .
Fujitsu 97