Troubleshooting and tips
The battery discharges too quic
kly
Battery
Cause
Troubleshooting
The battery is either too hot or
too cold. In this
case the battery indicator flas
hes.
► Move the notebook so that its te
mperature
returns to within the normal ra
nge.
► If the operating time of the battery life is
extremely short, the battery is probably too
old. Replace the battery if necessary.
You may have an application r unning that
consumes a great deal of power due to frequent
accessing of the hard disk or optical drive.
► Use the AC adapter whenever possible.
The m aximum brightness may have been set
for the screen.
► Set the screen slightly darker with the
key combination for Decreasing the screen
brightness in order to reduce the amount of
power being drawn.
SmartCard reader is not recognized
Cause
Troubleshooting
Chip card inserted
incorrectly.
► Make sure you have inse rted your
SmartCard into th e SmartCa rd reader with
the chip facing upwards.
► Check w hether the SmartCard you are using
is supported. Your SmartC ard must comply
with the ISO standard 7816-1, -2, -3 and -4.
SmartCard PI
N forgotten
Cause
Troubleshooting
PIN forgotten ► If you are working in a network, contact y our
system administrator, w ho can unlock your
notebook with a Sup ervisor PIN.
SmartCard lost
Cause
Troubleshooting
SmartCard lost. ► If you are working in a network, contact y our
system administrator, who can b oot your
notebook with a Supervisor SmartCard.
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