Troubleshooting and tips
The battery discharges too quic
kly
Battery
Cause
Troubleshooting
The battery is e ither too hot or
too cold. In this
case the batt ery 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 running that
consumes a great deal of power due to frequent
accessing o f the hard disk or optical d rive.
► Use the AC ad apter whenever possible.
The maximum 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 d rawn.
Smart Card reader is not recognized
Cause
Troubleshooting
Smart Card inserte
d incorrectly.
► Make sure you have i
nserted your S mart
Card into the Smar
t Card reader with
thechipfacingup
wards / downwards
(device-depend
ent).
► Check whether the Smart Card you are
using is supported. Your Sm art Card m ust
comply w ith the ISO standard 7816-1, -2,
-3 and -4.
Smart Card PIN forgotten
Cause
Troublesho
oting
PIN forgotten ► If you are working in a network, contact your
system administrator, who can unlock your
notebook with a Supervisor PIN.
Smart Card lost
Cause
Troubleshooting
Smart Card lost. ► If you are working in a network, contact your
system administrator, who can boot your
notebook with a Supe rvisor Smart Card.
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