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Appendix B. Troubleshooting
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Batteries
• Over time as your battery ages, the maximum capacity that it can
hold naturally decreases, and even the best maintained batteries
eventually need to be retired. Consider replacing your battery if you
are not getting the usage you need from it.
Cellular Modem
The Sierra Watcher utility has a run time error when starting or
when trying to setup the cellular modem
• Make sure the Speaker Phone application is not running.
Display
The display performance is slow
• The temperature may be too cold. Move the computer to a warmer
operating environment.
I cant read the display
• Adjust the backlight.
-On a monochrome display, pressing
FN+F1 toggles the backlight on
and off.
-On a color display, the backlight is on whenever the computer is
running. Pressing
FN+F1 toggles the MaxBright feature on and off.
• The automatic power-saving mode may have shut off (suspended)
the computer. Press
FN+ON to resume.
• Adjust the contrast by pressing FN+F4 and FN+F5 (these keys are
not active on a 10.4-inch color display).
The underlined, inverse, and hypertext characters are difficult to
read on the screen
• Adjust the contrast by pressing FN+F4 and FN+F5 (these keys are
not active on a 10.4-inch color display).